FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Fire Department reported seeing an uptick in house fires during Thanksgiving in recent years. Mike Drivdahl with the Fort Worth Police Department said this is their most demanding day because people tend to leave their food unattended and some even started to deep fry turkeys in ways that aren’t safe.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Salvation Army’s famous red kettles are popping up outside of grocery and retail stores this week, marking the start of the giving season. The Red Kettle Campaign is kicking off across the world. At a Wednesday ceremony outside Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Mayor Mike Rawlings spoke about the value of the organization. “The Salvation…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – An East Dallas family is safe today thanks to the quick thinking of residents during a large fire that broke out at the Meadows at Ferguson apartments Wednesday morning. Melvina Love lives in the complex and said she ran next door to the building as flames were shooting through the roof.…… MORE
Baltimore, MD (WBAP/KLIF) – The appointment of Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald to be Baltimore’s new Police Commissioner might not be the done deal it has been reported to be. Fitzgerald’s appointment was announced by Baltimore’s Mayor, but the Baltimore City Council is now criticizing what it says has been her lack of transparency…… MORE
Carrollton (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Carrollton is praising quick action by its Environmental Services Department for preventing a broken sewer line from turning into an environmental disaster. The sewer line broke late Monday morning when the bank of Hutton Branch Creek gave way. 150,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the creek, but by…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An 18 wheeler tanker truck was ripped apart this morning when it was hit by a Trinity Railway Express passenger train while driving across the tracks on Calloway Cemetery Road. That’s an uncontrolled railroad crossing in an industrial area on the east side of Fort Worth. No word on what the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas based environmental group is asking Whataburger to stop using styrofoam cups. Environmental Texas says it has gathered more than 50,000 signatures on a petition asking the burger chain to stop using the cups. In a letter, the group says millions of the cup end up on roadways and it costs the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — As members of the so-called migrant caravan are continuing to arrive at the U.S.- Mexico border in Texas some of the federal troops sent there will soon be going home. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who commands the deployment, told Politico some of the 5,800 troops on the border will be…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Lee Stricklin was last seen November 20, 2018 at about 3:45 p.m., on foot in the 3500 block of Gaston Avenue. Lee is described as a 76-year-old, Black Male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5’9” tall and weighs 164 pounds. Lee was wearing a black ball cap, blue t-shirt…… MORE
Fort Worth Police said the driver hit a tow truck and the tow truck driver who was standing outside on the right shoulder near Mrs. Baird’s Bread on South Freeway. Officer Tracy Carter with Fort Worth Police said the tow truck driver died on scene and the suspect continued southbound without stopping to help. Witnesses described the suspects…… MORE
