DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The grueling summer heat didn’t stop North Texans from taking advantage of a big discount at the Dallas Zoo on Thursday. On ‘Dollar Day’ zoo admission was just $1. Many zoo goers braved the heat to get the discount. “I got here early to stay as cool as possible but I wasn’t…… MORE
Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police has identified a couple who posed as police officers and broke into someone’s home. Police say it happened Monday afternoon after the man and woman, both either Hispanic or Asian, showed ID badges to a homeowner off Havenwood North; they then tried to take the homeowner by force. Police…… MORE
Update: Police have cleared a home on Blackmore Avenue and have detained three people for questioning. It’s not known if the people are connected to the robbery and shooting at Veritex bank. The three victims are hospitalized but expected to survive. Update: 3 workers at the Veritex Bank off Camp Bowie are in the hospital…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett says the review launched by a legal firm after the school’s sexual assault scandal included an interview he describes as a “fraud.” Bennett told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a question-and-answer segment published Wednesday that he met in early 2016 with two investigators from the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) –.Former gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has been fined for failing to report a large chunk of campaign funds. According to the Texas Ethics Commission, Davis and the Democratic group “Battleground Texas” did not report $3.4 million of campaign money in January of 2014, when Davis was running for governor. Instead, the money…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Managers of the state’s biggest electrical grid say this week’s head wave has led to an all-time record peak for electric power demand. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates that grid that covers most of the state, says demand peaked at 71,438 megawatts between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Outgoing state representative Jason Villalba has penned a scathing letter about President Trump, saying it’s time to impeach him. In an essay for the Texas Tribune, Villalba writes that President Trump is “no longer our leader,” and that “it’s time to push him into the ash bin of history.” He says…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department arrested Terry Wayne King, who is charged with the first degree felony of serious injury to a child. Police said King was a truck driver with a criminal record. Sergeant Chris Britt said they do not know why King attacked the young student back in April but…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth welcomes it’s new Fire Chief, Jim Davis. Davis was previously a Fire Assistant Chief from Columbus Ohio and is now the city’s 13th Fire Chief. Davis has been in the business for 30 years he said as overwhelming as it’s been, everyone has welcomed him with open arms. He…… MORE
LANCASTER (WBAP/KLIF) – One North Texas city is reminding its residents about watering restrictions given the extreme heat. The City of Lancaster is in Stage 2 of its Lancaster Drought Contingency Plan which allows two watering days a week. If the last digit of your address ends in an even number, you can water Sundays…… MORE
