DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Several North Texas Congressmen were among the passengers on an Amtrak train headed to a GOP retreat that hit a garbage truck in Greenbriar, West Virginia Wednesday morning Authorities said one person in the truck was killed. An aid confirms House Speaker Paul Ryan was on the train in addition…… MORE
ITALY (WBAP/KLIF News) – One student was injured after being shot at Italy High School Monday morning. Authorities said the victim was a 15-year-old girl and the suspect, a 16-year-old boy, currently in police custody. The girl was transported to Parkland Hospital and her condition is unknown. The shooting occurred just before 8 a.m. and Italy ISD…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Mayor of Dallas says North Texas has as good a shot as any when it comes to landing Amazon’s second headquarters. Mayor Mike Rawlings told WFAA TV’s “Inside Texas Politics” Dallas-Fort Worth has the financial edge over all of the east coast cities on Amazon’s short list, but that they…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 89 years old today, as DFW commemorates his birthday with events all across North Texas. The Dallas MLK Jr. Day Parade steps off at 10am from MLK Blvd. at Holmes St., ending at Fair Park. The event also includes a community fair and…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) –The Richardson Police Department received a plaque from community members today as gratitude for how they’ve handled the Sherin Mathews investigation. Mathews went missing last fall, and her body was found weeks later in a culvert a short distance away from her home. “We wanted to recognize our police department for their compassion…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A tragic accident in Fort Worth last night left 3 people dead–including an infant– and two others injured. Police say the driver of a white Honda Civic may have veered into oncoming traffic where it collided head-on with a passenger truck. A third vehicle then rear-ended the car. Two adults in…… MORE
FORT WORTH, TX (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – The search is on for a man who police say shot his two roommates this morning in Fort Worth. One of the men is dead — another critically injured in the hospital. It happened about a mile from TCU campus, but Officer Brad Perez says there’s no need for panic…”We…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Frigid temperatures behind a cold front combined with moisture off the Gulf of Mexico have yielded a rare snowfall in many parts of South and Southeast Texas. The National Weather Service reports snow from San Antonio into East Texas. National Weather Service meteorologist Brett Williams said up to 2.5 inches…… MORE
Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A 69-year-old Plano man has been indicted on seven different charges related to child pornography or sexual assault of a child. Daniel Steffen has been in jail since August after a teenage boy told police about a binder that ended up having pages full of nude photos of multiple boys. The…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department has issued an urgent warning for women in the Uptown to be aware of their surroundings. The warning comes amid 4 reported assaults of the past 14 months. Police are urging women to be alert when walking alone at night. The assaults each happened on a Sunday…… MORE
