DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – An intentional fire caused by a molotov cocktail causes Hulen Mall in Fort Worth to shut down temporarily. Officials say a molotov cocktail was used to start a fire at Sears Department Store. No injuries reported. A tweet from Fort Worth Police confirms that one suspect has been arrested. Officials believe…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2018
Police Officer Among Those Shot at Texas School Shooting
SANTA FE (AP) – The police chief at a Houston-area school district says a police officer was shot and wounded during a shooting that killed multiple people at a local high school. Walter Braun is the police chief of Santa Fe Independent School District. He says the fatal shooting Friday morning at Santa Fe High…… MORE
A Lesson On Transgenderism Upsets Some Fort Worth Parents
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A sex education lesson taught to students at McClean Sixth Grade Center in Fort Worth has some parents asking the district for transparency. A Watchdog group Stand For Fort Worth said before the school year, a detailed description of the lesson was sent to parents but it did not mention transgender…… MORE
Man Arrested After Exchanging Gunfire With Police at Trump Property in Miami
Westwood One (WBAP/KLIF) – South Florida authorities say one man was arrested and an officer was injured after police exchanged gunfire with the man in the lobby of the Trump National Doral Golf Club near Miami that’s owned by President Donald Trump. Doral Police Chief Hernan Organvidez told reporters officers confronted the man about 1:30…… MORE
Texas gas prices continue rising with seasonal temperatures
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Gas prices are skyrocketing in Texas. Thursday AAA Texas reported the statewide average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is at $2.70 and still climbing. The most expensive gas in Texas can be found in El Paso at an average of $2.99. In San Antonio and Amarillo motorists are enjoying…… MORE
More Details Emerge About Tragic Murder-Suicide in Ponder
Ponder (WBAP/KLIF) – More details emerging after a tragic murder-suicide in Ponder. Justin Painter shot his ex-wife, their 3 children and her boyfriend at her home Wednesday morning before turning the gun on himself. Ex-wife Amanda Simpson was the sole survivor. She’s gone viral on Facebook from her hospital bed talking about the ordeal —…… MORE
Man Arrested In Dallas Transgender Woman Strangulation Death
DALLAS (AP) – A 24-year-old man stopped while driving in southeastern Texas has been charged with murder in the strangulation death of a Dallas transgender woman. Jimmy Eugene Johnson II was arrested near Huntsville, Texas. He was driving a car seen in surveillance video from the Dallas apartment complex where 26-year-old Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon was…… MORE
Gas Leak and Evacuations in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Residents from as many as 30 homes in Fort Worth are being evacuated as natural gas bubbles up into toilets and sinks in homes. Firefighters ask everyone on Los Padres between Basswood and Arcadia, as well as in homes on Los Padres Court, Catlow Court and San Isabel Court, to immediately…… MORE
Bomb Squad Blows Up Old Dynamite in Melissa
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Five families were evacuated in Melissa this afternoon after old dynamite was found in a nearby wooded area. Four sticks of dynamite were found on Covey Lane and officials said the age of the dynamite made it less stable. Lt. Nick Bristow with the Collin County Sheriff’s Department says a decision…… MORE
An East Dallas Development Mixes Something Old With Something New
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A new multi-million dollar development is ‘coming soon’ to East Dallas. A section of property in East Dallas once known for automotive and industrial use is now becoming a more desireable place to live, eat and have an office. Today Todd Interests along with its Institutional Investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset…… MORE
