UPDATE: A former Dallas County District Attorney who was fired after a recording of her cursing out an Uber driver went viral has apologized. Jody Warner said she feared for her safety when the driver, Shaun Platt, did not drop her off at her home. Platt said Warner gave him bad directions and that her…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — An employee of Cumulus Media in Dallas has started a GoFundMe page to raise money to send generators to Puerto Rico hurricane victims. Hurricane Maria hit the island in September, which left millions of people without power. Frankie Martinez works in Cumulus Dallas’ sales department and has family in Puerto Rico…… MORE
UPDATE 11:30a – Attorneys for both Sini and Wesley Matthews asked for another delay in the hearing to regain custody of their 4 year old biological child. Today’s hearing lasted just 10 minutes and new hearing has been scheduled for November 29th. Wesley Mathews’ civil attorney, David Kleckner says they need time to put a case…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Stunning stats that show Texas has racked up over 62-hundred days in-a-row of fatal car crashes over 17 years, since November 7, 2000. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTSB), 94 percent of these deadly crashes are due to driver error — things like distracted driving, speeding and drunk driving.…… MORE
Dallas/Forth Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County voters have had enough of the controversies surrounding Dallas County Schools, the agency that operates school buses for all school districts in the county. They voted yesterday to shut down the agency, and let the nine districts that have been using the service, work out their own transportation plans.…… MORE
Update at 1:00pm: Law enforcement and the university gave an all clear after an investigation into a road rage incident near the campus that prompted the shelter order. Classes were allowed to resume at 12:00pm. Fort Worth police believe the road rage incident involved two campus “Road runner” shuttle bus drivers. Police say one driver…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Voters go to the polls across the state Tuesday to settle a number of issues. There are 11 issues facing Dallas voters — the most widely publicized being the proposal to abolish Dallas County Schools, which is a company that operates buses for Dallas County school districts. It has been plagued…… MORE
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – A military judge ruled Friday that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post. The sentence caps a politically divisive episode that centered on one soldier’s decision that affected many other lives. President Barack Obama was criticized for trading Taliban prisoners…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Richardson three-year-old Sherin Mathews has been laid to rest one week after the medical examiner positively identified a body found in a culvert half a mile from her home. The funeral was private because, according to the family’s attorneys, they wanted to focus on Sherin’s future in heaven rather than her…… MORE
FORNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Kaufman County Sheriff’s deputies found a body in the back of a trunk after arresting a man following a high speed chase. The incident happened Sunday after someone called to report a road rage situation, where 33-year-old Freddy Gilbert reportedly pulled up next to their car and fired at least one…… MORE
