PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Lightning from the severe storms that rolled through North Texas Monday night may have sparked a house fire in Plano, but officials have not confirmed it. Plano Fire Rescue said flames tore through a house on Crystal Falls Drive in the Kings Ridge development between 8 and 9 p.m. Witnesses…… MORE
Update at 3:00pm: The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has placed portions of North Texas under two different weather watches. A Tornado Watch is in effect north and west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex including Denton and Wise counties until 9:00pm Monday. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for areas south and west…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – As another bridge incident claiming lives hits the headlines, this time in Baltimore, WBAP/KLIF took a look at the condition of area bridges in the state, wondering how safe drivers are in their daily commutes. Of several bridges and overpasses in the DFW Metro area, the Dallas Morning News reports Texas…… MORE
A 17 year old is arraigned on several counts in the deaths of six people on Highway 67, the day after Christmas, 2023. Luke Resecker was arraigned for six counts of Intoxication Manslaughter, two counts of Intoxication Assault, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 2, and Possession of Marijuana. Bond was set at $50,000,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The City of Dallas held a ground-breaking ceremony, Thursday, for the most comprehensive renovation of the legendary Cotton Bowl Stadium. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson joined Fair Park First CEO Brian Luallen and city leaders to turn dirt on a two-year project to upgrade the historic venue. The upgrade includes 14 new escalators and…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family. He was 82 and died of complications from a fall. Lieberman nearly won the vice presidency with Democrat Al Gore in the disputed 2000 White House race. Eight years later, he came close to joining the GOP ticket as…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is temporarily blocking a Texas law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally. The order late Tuesday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals followed a March 20 hearing by a three-judge panel of the court. It’s just the latest move…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Fire-Rescue is responding to a fire at a church near Dallas Love Field this (Tuesday) afternoon. The first call about the fire at Denton Drive at Bombay Avenue occurred around 1:35 p.m., Tuesday. Motorists could see heavy smoke and flames from miles around Love Field, as crews battled the blaze. No further…… MORE
HOUSTON – (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announces Texas is stepping back into a leading role of space exploration; creating the new “Texas Space Commission”. Abbott says Texas will be the launchpad for Mars…in his words, “As we look to the future of space, those who reach for the stars, do so from the Lone…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton avoided an April 15 trial in his 9-year-old securities fraud case and has entered an 18-month pretrial agreement with the State of Texas. He’s accused of defrauding investors in the Mckinney tech company Severgy by not disclosing that he was being paid to promote the…… MORE
