FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth ISD board voted to fire teacher Georgia Clark after posting a series of tweets about illegal immigrants to President Donald Trump. Clark, an English teacher at Carter Riverside High School posted several comments on illegal immigration to Trump from a now-deleted twitter account. One of the tweets said, “Mr. President, Fort…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas will make back the money it spent to remove the Robert E. Lee statue from a city park in 2017; and then some. The Statue was removed per city council vote and has since been in a storage facility. The same council voted last month to sell the…… MORE
Updated 6/5/2019 at 4:35pm to include statement from City of Arlington ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — A formal complaint filed to the Arlington City Manager’s office alleges Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson used a racial slur during a November manager’s meeting. The complaint, which was filed on March 22nd by Arlington Municipal Patrolman Association President Chris…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A delegation from Mexico is in Washington D.C. Wednesday in an effort to negotiate an alternative to President Trump’s plan to impose tariff’s on all goods from Mexico June 10th. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent the largest delegation of people including government officials and business leaders since he took office…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A leaked batch of e-mails suggests Governor Greg Abbott was the one spearheading a botched mission to eliminate roughly 100-thousand voters from the state’s voter rolls. Former interim Secretary of State David Whitley was originally blamed for the effort, which resulted in an overwhelming number of those voters being legal voters due…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings are leading a business mission June 5-12 to Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, promoting the importance of air service and its direct ties to trade advancement, business opportunities and tourism throughout the North Texas region. The mission delegates will meet with government…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that will aim to eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Texas. Abbott signed the measure in Dallas on Tuesday along with four other bills designed to help victims of sex crimes. The new law mandates law enforcement agencies conduct an…… MORE
FORNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office Investigators and the Texas Rangers are requesting the public’s assistance to identify any other children or teens that may have been contacted online or victimized by 24-year-old Taylor Blake Craft of Forney. On May 31, 2019 Craft was indicted by a Kaufman County Grand Jury on twelve felony offenses they…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott could soon have good news for Texas plumbers. Plumbers all over the Lone Star State have been calling for a special session since the state legislature adjourned without extending the life of the Texas Plumbing Board. Without further action the board will dissipate later this year. Some plumbers…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Testimony is underway for a high profile murder-for-hire trial in Dallas. Brenda Delgado is accused of hiring hitman Kristopher Love to kill Kendra Hatcher four years ago at her Uptown apartment parking garage because she was dating Delgado’s ex boyfriend. Crystal Cortes pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge, a 35 year sentence…… MORE
