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Fire Tears Through Vacant Ambassador Hotel in Downtown Dallas

Fire Tears Through Vacant Ambassador Hotel in Downtown Dallas

UPDATE 5-28-19 1:25 P.M. DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities continue to work to determine the cause of a fire that gutted the historic Ambassador Hotel. The hotel’s redeveloper said Tuesday morning he plans to continue with some sort of project in the future. Jim Lake said the plan was to renovate the hotel that opened in…MORE

Judge: Sutherland Springs Families Can Proceed With Lawsuit

Judge: Sutherland Springs Families Can Proceed With Lawsuit

SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Texas families suing the federal government for the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting have won a small victory in court. A federal judge has ruled that the case will not be thrown out, which is what the federal government was trying to make happen. That means lawyers for the…MORE

Dallas Catholic Diocese Raided by Police, Bishop Maintains Transparency

Dallas Catholic Diocese Raided by Police, Bishop Maintains Transparency

Updated: 4:52 PM on May 15, 2019 DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Catholic Diocese of Dallas is refuting claims by Police that the Diocese is not being transparent in a child sex abuse investigation. ​Dallas Police raided three Diocese locations Wednesday, including the headquarters, a storage facility, and St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church. A search warrant claims not…MORE

Denton Assistant Principal Will Not Return After Investigation Into Racial Slur

Denton Assistant Principal Will Not Return After Investigation Into Racial Slur

DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — An investigation into a Denton High School assistant principal has resulted in him losing his job. The investigation began when someone called the school district to say assistant principal Howard Palmer used the n-word when telling a student to turn off his music. A concerned father approached Palmer about it later…MORE

Bill That Would Eliminate Red Light Cameras Moves Closer to Passage

Bill That Would Eliminate Red Light Cameras Moves Closer to Passage

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — The controversial red light cameras are one step closer to being a thing of the past in Texas. A bill in the Texas House that would force cities to do away with the cameras over the next several years has overwhelmingly passed a preliminary vote, with the final vote likely coming…MORE

New Fort Worth Arena Hosts Job Fair Ahead of Grand Opening

New Fort Worth Arena Hosts Job Fair Ahead of Grand Opening

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — If you’re looking for a little extra cash in Fort Worth, hundreds of opportunities will soon be available. The currently under construction Dickie’s Arena does not open until November, but its management is hosting a job fair from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Saturday to collect resumes and meet candidates.…MORE

Governor Abbott Defends Sales Tax Increase, Says Lower Property Taxes Coming

Governor Abbott Defends Sales Tax Increase, Says Lower Property Taxes Coming

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Governor Greg Abbott explained a three-pronged approach to his plan on reducing sales taxes in the short and long term. Speaking on the Chris Salcedo Show on WBAP, Abbott the three steps are: reforming the appraisal system, reducing the property tax rate, and closing “back doors” that local tax authorities can…MORE

Teen pleads guilty to plotting terror attack at Texas mall

Teen pleads guilty to plotting terror attack at Texas mall

DALLAS (AP) — A suburban Dallas teenager has pleaded guilty to plotting an Islamic State group-inspired mass shooting at a North Texas mall. A state judge sentenced Matin Azizi-Yarand to 20 years in prison Monday for solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat, state and federal prosecutors announced. The 18-year-old is eligible for…MORE

More Than Half of Fort Worth Red Light Camera Citations in 2018 Went Unpaid

More Than Half of Fort Worth Red Light Camera Citations in 2018 Went Unpaid

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — According to Fort Worth city records, thousands of drivers are refusing to pay tickets that come from the hotly debated red light cameras. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports more than half of the nearly 225,000 tickets issued by the cameras last year were sent to collection agencies. For a…MORE

Trump Administration did not “conspire or coordinate” with Russia, summary says

Trump Administration did not “conspire or coordinate” with Russia, summary says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the special counsel’s Russia investigation. President Donald Trump is touting the Justice Department’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller findings, saying “it was a shame” the nation had to go through the investigation. Trump claims the report found “there was no collusion with Russia, there…MORE