Local organizations are asking the city of Dallas to unite, a year after the Dallas Police ambush. The ‘Weekend of Honor’ is a series of events July 7 through July 9, 2017 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the shootings that killed four Dallas Police Officers and one DART Officer, and the resilience of the…… MORE
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Governor Greg Abbott Calls Special Legislative Session
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott called for a special session of the Texas Legislature on Tuesday to address sunset bills and 19 other items such including the privacy rights of women and children in public bathrooms, school finance and property taxes. The special session will begin July 18th and Abbott said the first order of business will…… MORE
Country Music Star Dedicates Playroom at Children’s
Country music star Garth Brooks dedicated a new state-of-the-art playroom with a visit to Children’s Medical Center Dallas on Tuesday. “The Big Z” was named because of its location in “The Big D” and is an interactive, therapeutic playroom with play areas for infants and school aged children. The newly renovated Child Life Zone also…… MORE
Federal Contractor Charged with Leaking Classified Documents to Press
GEORGIA (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Department of Justice charged a federal contractor in Georgia on Monday with leaking classified materials to the press. According to a DOJ release, 25-year-old Reality Leigh Winner, from Augusta, Georgia, with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet. Winner, a contractor with Plubirus International…… MORE
Truck Driver in Deadly School Bus Crash Tested Positive for Methamphetamine
Mount Pleasant (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities have released new information about a deadly accident involving an 18-wheeler and a school bus on Highway 271 in East Texas on March 23. 47-year-old Bradley Farmer was driving his big rig and swerved into a school bus that was carrying the Mount Pleasant High School track team. Farmer…… MORE