Yearly Archives: 2018

FTW Task Force on Race and Culture Issues Recommendations to City

FTW Task Force on Race and Culture Issues Recommendations to City

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth Task Force on Race and Culture, dubbed One Fort Worth has provided its final list of recommendations to the city. It includes more than $3-million worth of proposals, which would be less than one percent of the city’s general fund. Mayor Betsy Price says the task…MORE

6th Arrest Made in Ongoing Forney ISD Hazing Scandal Investigation

6th Arrest Made in Ongoing Forney ISD Hazing Scandal Investigation

Forney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In connection with a hazing scandal involving the Forney High School Soccer team, police arrested a sixth student. According the arrest record, 19-year old Tyler Lee Teer is accused of throwing another soccer player to the ground and touching his buttocks through his practice uniform in January 2017. Teer’s charges are…MORE

Snow and ice expected in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas

Snow and ice expected in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A strong cold front followed by a storm system is expected to bring snow and freezing rain to Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas later this week. The National Weather Service said Tuesday the front will move across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles late Wednesday and on Thursday as it pushes south and…MORE

Aggie Teams Will Wear Patch Honoring 41

Aggie Teams Will Wear Patch Honoring 41

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – All of Texas A&M’s teams will begin wearing helmet decals or uniform patches to honor former President George H.W. Bush. Bush, who died on Friday at 94, was a frequent visitor to Aggie sporting events. His presidential library is located at Texas A&M and he’ll be buried there on Thursday.…MORE

PGA of America Moves its Headquarters to Frisco

PGA of America Moves its Headquarters to Frisco

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF)- Frisco City Council Approved to have the PGA of America move it’s headquarters from South Florida to Frisco. The 600-acre mixed used development will be located at Rockhill Parkway and Legacy Drive. It will include two championship golf courses, a short course, practice areas, a clubhouse, office space, 500-room Omni Resort and 127,000…MORE

George W. Bush Greets Mourners at Capitol

George W. Bush Greets Mourners at Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President George W. Bush and his family have greeted mourners at the Capitol as his father, George H.W. Bush, lies in state. The younger Bush was accompanied by his wife, Laura, their daughters, Jenna and Barbara, and his brother Jeb. The Bushes shook hands and hugged members of the public who…MORE

‘Texas 7’ Inmate Executed for Officer’s Killing

‘Texas 7’ Inmate Executed for Officer’s Killing

HUNTSVILLE (AP) – A member of the notorious “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners has been executed for the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer during a Christmas Eve robbery nearly 18 years ago. Joseph Garcia received lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 2000 shooting death of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins. The…MORE

North Dallas Murder Prompts Questions about Police Response Time

North Dallas Murder Prompts Questions about Police Response Time

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The murder of a Dallas woman near the Galleria mall is raising questions about police response time. Dallas police Officer Nick Novello told WBAP’s Rick Roberts Show that it took officers close to 90 minutes to arrive at Maria Ezquerro’s apartment after a 9-1-1 call from one of her co-workers reporting suspicious…MORE

US Stocks Dive as Trade Jitters Return

US Stocks Dive as Trade Jitters Return

NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks took a nosedive on Wall Street as investors worried that a U.S.-China trade truce reached over the weekend wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank almost 800 points Tuesday. Boeing and Caterpillar, two major exporters which would have much to lose of trade…MORE

Trial Underway for Southlake Swim Coach Accused in Drowning Death of Student

Trial Underway for Southlake Swim Coach Accused in Drowning Death of Student

SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF)- A former Southlake highschool swim coach goes on trial Tuesday. Tracey Anne Boyd, a former Caroll ISD swim coach is accused in the drowning death of one of her swimmers. Boyd is charged with abandoning and endangering 13-year-old Elise Cerami. The indictment states Boyd allegedly failed to supervise Cerami or have someone watch her…MORE