DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Chief is clarifying comments made this week about an increase in crime in the city. Chief Renee Hall was speaking with reporters about a recent uptick in violent crime in the city, when she said the Police Department can’t arrest its way out of the problem. “There are socio-economic…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The McKinney Fire Department evacuated several businesses, including a Pets Mart, at a strip mall along 75 and Highway 380 Tuesday morning. Officials said a crew had accidentally cut a six-inch gas line and there was a strong smell of gas in the area. When firefighters arrived, they immediately assisted people and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A bidding war is developing over the Robert E. Lee statue removed per city council vote from a Dallas park in 2017. The same council voted earlier this year to sell the 1936 Alexander Phimister Proctor, ”Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Soldier” sculpture at auction for no less than $450,000. The…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – DART is planning to pick up where Fort Worth’s new TEXRail line leaves off, essentially connecting downtown fort worth and Plano by train. The Trinity Metro’s TEXRail line opened in February and runs all The way to DFW airport. But, DART has announced it’s looking to add a ‘Cotton Trail Line,”…… MORE
North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A number of North Texas cities are notifying residents that red light cameras are no longer operating, following Governor Abbott’s signing of a law banning them. Sergeant Evan Mattei with the Frisco Police Department, says their red light cameras have been “deactivated, effective immediately; and, any violation in the cue to…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Many North Texas cities are notifying residents that red light cameras are being turned off, following Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to sign a bill banning the cameras into law. The law takes effect September 1, but many municipalities are cutting ties with the camera now. A popular red light camera vendor is allowing…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Witnesses testified Monday in the capital murder trial of a woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex boyfriend’s new girlfriend. Dr. Kendra Hatcher was shot to death in her apartment parking garage in Uptown Dallas in 2015. Bonnie Jamison is her mother and says she was terrified the day…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Community members from the Fort Worth neighborhood where 8-year-old Salem Sabatka was kidnapped are discussing safety improvements at a meeting Monday night (6/3). Sabatka was found safe after being abducted in front of her mother in the Ryan Place neighborhood almost two weeks ago. However, concerned neighbors are trying to make sure it…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Six fallen warrior portraits were added to “Hall of Heroes” at the Russell A. Steindam Courts Building in McKinney, on Monday During a special meeting of the Collin County Commissioners Court in the “Hall of Heroes,” the North Texas Fallen Warrior Portrait Project presented the portraits of six Collin County young men who…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Police have confirmed the body found in White Rock Lake as Chynal Lindsey, a transgender female. The Dallas Police department is asking for FBI assistance on the cases of three transgender women who were murdered and one assaulted. Chief Renee Hall said it’s unsure if these are related or if it is…… MORE
