Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth is asking residents to help name the new Trinity Trail extension. Mayor Betsy Price, Trademark Property Co. and Streams & Valley at a ceremony dedicating a new trail extension at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14. The ceremony will celebrate a new one-mile extension and bridge linking Bellaire Drive and…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF)- The salvation army of DFW is asking for donations, to help the wildfire victims in Southern California. Commander for the DFW Salvation Army Major Jonathon Rich says to date, 6 evacuation shelters have been set up. “We provide food to the people who are there, offering emotional and spiritual care to those in the…… MORE
DUNCANVILLE (WBAP/KLIF)- Duncanville ISD will have its very own police department for the first time in the district’s history. Tiara Richard with Duncanville ISD says the district is getting a chief, two sergeants and an officer to increase school safety. Duncanville ISD board of trustees will make it official at a swearing-in ceremony Monday at 7pm at the Education Plaza on South…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A race for a seat in the Texas house is still neck and neck. Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins Poole said Monday that the race for Texas House, District 108, between Democrat Joanna Cattanach and Republican Morgan Meyer has a margin of less than 250 votes with Meyer in the lead. “There…… MORE
FORT WORTH(WBAP/KLIF)- A Fort Worth non-profit dedicated to helping the homeless was robbed of over $18,000 worth of electronics. Gary Wilkerson Executive Director of ‘When We Love’ said they caught 2 men and one women on surveillance camera, stealing laptops TVs and more. Wilkerson said one of the three was a homeless man they let stay…… MORE
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The unexpected departure of two Oklahoma City VA Medical Center employees left the facility without a general surgeon on call or available for overnight emergencies for a number of days this month. The Oklahoman reports that the hospital’s chief of surgery, Paul Munden, informed staff and administrators in an email on…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Rice University researchers are raising concerns about the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office’s $31 billion proposal to protect the Houston-Galveston region from devastating storm surge with levees and sea gates. The Houston Chronicle reports that Rice professors plan to raise questions about the proposed coastal protection project…… MORE
MONTGOMERY, Texas (AP) – Investigators say a Houston-area homeowner has fatally shot an off-duty firefighter after both attended a party and later got into a physical fight. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says Nicholas Daniel was shot during an altercation Sunday in Montgomery. The shooting will be referred to a grand jury. A statement Monday…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputies continue to search for an escaped inmate, 28-year-old Raymond Aguero. Deputies say Aguero hoped over a fence at the Lew Sterrett Justice center Friday night at around 7:00pm. Raul Reyna with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department said Aguero has a history of non-violent offenses, including, evading and resisting arrest, unlawful…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man who spent almost a month living on a barge on Lake Ray Hubbard has reached his fundraising goal to improve drinking water in Liberia. Dr. Todd Phillips, Founder and President of The Last Well, said he chose to spend time on the lake to raise awareness and $2.29…… MORE
