AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. The measure approved Wednesday night by the state Senate changes the 6-year-old school marshal program that had limited the number of…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey battered Houston and the Texas coast, state lawmakers approved setting aside more than $3 billion to help pay for flood control projects. Flood response efforts were set as a top priority for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Legislature when the session began and the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to sell the Robert E. Lee statue it voted to be removed from a Dallas park in 2017. The statue that sat in Oak Lawn Park, formerly Lee Park, has been stored in a facility since its removal 18 months ago. A 12-3 vote Wednesday by…… MORE
BENBROOK (WBAP/KLIF)- The city of Benbrook is giving one of its oldest plazas a makeover. Benbrook Plaza is over 40 years old and will undergo some improvements. Hillary Cromer with the Benbrook’s Economic Development Corporation said they will add new features to the outside to attract businesses and visitors. “We have a lot of businesses coming…… MORE
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF)- The city of Grapevine closed all parks and boat ramps near Grapevine Lake because of excessive flooding from heavy rainfall. Kevin Mitchell Director of Parks and Recreation said currently the lake is almost 17 feet over normal pool and could rise depending on the weather. “Every single park near the lake is underwater, there’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Police are crediting employees at a KFC restaurant in Azle for rescuing a girl believed to have been kidnapped. According to the Azle Police Department, Officers responded Tuesday morning to a report of a kidnapping at the KFC restaurant located at 637 Boyd Road in Azle. An employee from the business told…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A town hall meeting with the Dallas Police Department and the city’s LGBTQ community is set for Thursday night. The meeting has been planned for months but comes within a week of the shooting death of a Dallas transgender woman. Police said Tuesday that Muhlaysia Booker’s murder could be connected to two other…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of a missing Mesquite mother who vanished in April is offering a $2500 reward for information that leads to a resolution in the case. 26-year-old Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes was reported missing when she did not show up to pick up her son from daycare. Investigators said Reyes’ stepfather Daniel Fuchs…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Less than two years after a gunman opened fire at Sutherland Springs Baptist Church killing 26 people, Texas lawmakers passed SB 535 by Senator Donna Campbell, securing the rights of Texans to carry in a place of worship. “We have learned many times over that there is no such thing as a…… MORE
San Marcos, TX (WBAP/KLIF) A North Texas man was arrested on suspicion of DUI, in connection with a life-threatening accident involving a South Texas police officer. On Saturday night, San Marcos – just south of Austin – Officer Claudia Cormier was responding to a traffic hazard call on i-35 between TSU and the San Marcos…… MORE
