Yearly Archives: 2024

Ellis County Man Gets Life in Prison Without Parole For Killing Man with Hammer

Ellis County Man Gets Life in Prison Without Parole For Killing Man with Hammer

ELLIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – An Ellis County man has learned his fate for killing his friend with a hammer in 2021. 31-year-old Trenton Adams will serve life in prison without parole after jurors found him guilty of capital murder this week in in the death of Jordon Von Hoffman. The Ellis County District…MORE

Arlington Police Seek Restaurant Thief

Arlington Police Seek Restaurant Thief

Another North Texas restaurant is accusing DayBreak Cafe in Fort Worth of stealing its equipment. According to WFAA, Paul Checkeye, who is the owner of Grease Monkey Burger in Arlington, says someone at the cafe stole his $30,000 smoker trailer from the parking lot of his business last month. This comes after what Checkeye says…MORE

Mild and Dry Weather through Thursday

WBAP WX CENTER FCST:  1-30-24 TODAY…SUNNY AND WARM…             HIGH NEAR 71             WINDS NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH TONIGHT..FAIR..             LOWS 40-44 TOMORROW…MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM..             HIGH NEAR 70 / LOW NEAR 47             WINDS SOUTH 5-10 MPH THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY, WINDY AND WARM…             HIGH NEAR 71 / LOW NEAR 54             WINDS SOUTH 15-25…MORE

Case on Transgender Rights is Headed to the Texas Supreme Court

Case on Transgender Rights is Headed to the Texas Supreme Court

AUSTIN, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court is going begin to hearing arguments in a case that is challenging the state’s ban on care for transgender children. Senate Bill 14 became law back in September. It makes it illegal for children in Texas to obtain puberty blockers or hormone therapy. It…MORE

Greyhound Is Closing the Downtown Dallas Bus Terminal

Greyhound Is Closing the Downtown Dallas Bus Terminal

DALLAS, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – After 45 years of service Greyhound announced that it will be closing their bus terminal in downtown Dallas, when it lease expires at the end of October. The terminal which is located on south Lamar Street was built on 1979. Two years ago Greyhound sold the Dallas station along with…MORE

American Airlines Announces Layoffs

American Airlines Announces Layoffs

DALLAS, FT. WORTH, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – On Monday American Airlines announced plans to lay off several hundred employees. The airline has plans to update its contact center, and cut 321 customer service workers at DFW. American has stated that it will be creating a customer success team, and impacted employees will either get a…MORE

UTA Campus Resumes Normal Operations

UTA Campus Resumes Normal Operations

ARLINGTON, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – UT Arlington has resumed normal operations, after receiving multiple bomb threats on Monday evening. At 6:14 P.M. Monday night campus police ordered evacuations of several student housing facilities including Meadow Run, Arlington Hall, West Hall, and Arbor Oaks. Displaced students were then immediately instructed to relocate to the Maverick Activates…MORE

Richardson Creek Turns Bright Red; City Claims No Hazardous Issue.

Richardson Creek Turns Bright Red; City Claims No Hazardous Issue.

Photo Courtesy of WFAA-TV The spill was reported bright red by noon on Sunday, with city officials investigating and reported tracing the issue back to a main wastewater discharge lline from a car wash, and the soap involved, red. The car wash is located near the Floyd Branch Creek near Arapaho Road and West Shore…MORE

Amazon Terminates IRobot Deal; IRobot Slashes 31% of Staff

Amazon Terminates IRobot Deal; IRobot Slashes 31% of Staff

The far-reaching power of Amazon sales reached into the I Robot Vaccuum maker’s business, causing it to slash its staff numbers by 31 percent. This follows a terminated deal by Amazon that would have acquired IRobot for $1.7 billion in cash. Toronto Sun reports the proposed deal value fell 15% after IRobot incurred new debt.…MORE