DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – A California man is facing possible prison time in Texas after he was arrested while carrying his supply of medical marijuana as he drove to Houston to visit his granddaughter who’s in the hospital. The Houston Chronicle reports Phillip Blanton’s case is a perfect example of the nation’s conflicting attitudes toward marijuana.…… MORE
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Roe v. Wade Death
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – The woman at the center of Roe v. Wade has died. Norma McCorvey was 22, unmarried, unemployed and pregnant for the third time when she tried to get an abortion in Texas, where it was illegal except to save a woman’s life. Her case led to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that…… MORE
NFL Warning to Texas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – The NFL is expressing sharper warnings about a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy has now raised the prospect of Texas being passed over for future Super Bowls if state lawmakers were to an enact laws that are “discriminatory or inconsistent with NFL values.” (Copyright 2017 WBAP/KLIF News.…… MORE
A Fort Worth Police Officer Facing Disciplinary Action Monday
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Fort Worth Police say they expect an announcement Monday on what, if any disciplinary action one of their officers will receive. It has to do with an officer seen on video that went viral last month. The internal investigation into the officer’s encounter, in which Jacqueline Craig and her two daughters…… MORE
A Happy Weekend for Jerry Jones
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Cowboys owner Jerry Jones with a reason to smile because his grandson, John Steven Jones led the Highland Park Scots to the state’s 5-A Division-1 football championship Saturday with a 16-7 win over Temple. The Highland Park quarterback ran in two touchdowns at his grandfather’s AT&T stadium and he happens to wear…… MORE