ROMA, Texas (AP) – More property owners along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas say they’ve received notices from the federal government asking to review their land, which could be used for border wall construction. KENS-TV reports residents in the town of Escobares received letters from the Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Customs and…… MORE
Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Police need assistance identifying a suspect in connection with an aggravated robbery at Wells Fargo Bank in the 4700 block of Saturn Road. The incident happpened on Monday, July 2, 2018 around 11:30AM. Employees of the bank say that a black male entered, presented a note to a teller and…… MORE
Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – At around 5 o’clock this morning, a fire alarm was still going off at Fritz Industries in Mesquite after firefighters battled a chemical plant fire early there around 1am. The alarm sounded, “There’s been a fire reported in building D. Everyone please evacuate.” Two employees were rushed to the hospital as…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A newspaper review has found the Texas Attorney General’s Office has spent $500,000 to defend the state’s recent abortion restrictions with expert court testimony that has mostly been given little or no weight by judges. The Houston Chronicle reports the attorney general’s office has paid 21 expert witnesses to testify in…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A 25-year-old man accused of posing as a 17-year-old student and Hurricane Harvey evacuee so he could play basketball at a Dallas high school is facing a new charge in his case. Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley has been charged with indecency with a child. Authorities allege he was dating a 14-year-old girl while…… MORE
4,500 acres in Palo Pinto County may be burned in a wildfire just west of Fort Worth, but firefighters are gaining ground – the fire now 80% contained. National Weather Service meteorologists are working closely with fire commanders, offering very specific area forecasts. With a significant chances of thunderstorms that could form today, the worry…… MORE
The Palo Pinto County wildfire burning about 60 miles west of Fort Worth is still 65 percent contained, though it’s charred 45-hundred acres as of this afternoon. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service offices in Fort Worth are helping commanders on the fire lines with very specific area forecasts and weather updates. With a 30…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Five schools in Austin named for Confederate heroes likely won’t get new names for another school year. The Austin American-Statesman reports that district administrators have slowed down the process after the school board voted in February to rename five campuses. That’s to give a task force enough time to examine criteria…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police are looking for three people who may be involved in a pawn shop robbery that went bad. Shots were fired during a holdup at the Fort Worth Gold and Silver Exchange. An elderly clerk at the Exchange, Gary Duke, was severely wounded and later died of his injuries.…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of Transportation has begun a study of a three freeway interchange in southern Tarrant County. When the three way meeting of U.S. Highway 287, Interstate 20 and Loop 820 was designed in the late 1950s it was in a rural area, and was all that was needed there…… MORE
