Category Archives: KLIF News & Information In The Morning

Services announced for last Fort Worth Tuskegee airman

Services announced for last Fort Worth Tuskegee airman

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Funeral services will be held this week for the last Fort Worth member of the famed Tuskegee airmen. Robert McDaniel died Thursday at age 96. A wake for him will be held Wednesday evening at Fort Worth’s Saint Peter Presbyterian Church. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM Thursday at Shiloh…MORE

Poll finds majority of Americans want more gun control

Poll finds majority of Americans want more gun control

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A new Associated Press poll says it found a wide majority of Americans are in favor of stricter gun control laws. 67% want tougher gun laws. 22% like things as they are. 10% think gun laws are too tough now. That is essentially unchanged from a similar AP poll conducted a year…MORE

Texas Attorney General sues chemical company for Houston area fire

Texas Attorney General sues chemical company for Houston area fire

Houston (AP) – The Texas Attorney General’s office has sued the company that operates a Houston-area chemical plant where a fire burned for several days, leading to health and environmental concerns. Attorney General Ken Paxton says in a statement the state will hold Intercontinental Terminals Company “accountable for the damage it has done to our…MORE

The Right Side of History

The Right Side of History

DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — Best Selling Author, and KLIF Talk Show Host Ben Shapiro has a new book out, about what makes American society really great… and why we’re in danger of losing it. It’s called The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great, and he joined Dave and Amy…MORE

Should 16 Year Olds Be Allowed to Vote?

Should 16 Year Olds Be Allowed to Vote?

DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — Should 16 Year Olds Be Allowed to Vote? That’s been a topic of conversation in recent months on Capitol Hill, after an amendment was made to House Bill 1 that would give anyone older than 16 the right to vote in Federal elections. One lawmaker supporting that legislation is Congressman Michael Burgess. He…MORE

Chief embezzles from volunteer fire department

Chief embezzles from volunteer fire department

Galveston (WBAP/KLIF) – A former volunteer fire department chief in the southeast Texas town of Crystal Beach has pleaded guilty to stealing $70,000 in department funds, and spending it in Louisiana racetracks and casinos. 61 year old David Loop was caught when the volunteer fire department checks began bouncing. He faces at least five years…MORE

Johnny Football signs another contract with another league

Johnny Football signs another contract with another league

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The former Texas A&M football star known as “Johnny Football” is still in some demand despite his widely reported personal and professional problems. Johnny Manziel was abruptly terminated without explanation by the Canadian Football League during its off season. He has now been signed by the Alliance of American Football, and will…MORE

Fort Worth hospital fires elevator maintenance company for poor job performance

Fort Worth hospital fires elevator maintenance company for poor job performance

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth’s John Peter Smith Hospital has fired the elevator maintenance company that it blames for a January accident that severely injured a nurse. Carren Stratford was crushed when the elevator she was entering suddenly started rising. She was in a coma for 15 days. While the Thyssenkrupp elevator maintenance company…MORE

Wednesday’s storms did a lot of damage in DFW

Wednesday’s storms did a lot of damage in DFW

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Insurance Council of Texas says the storm driven winds that roared through DFW Wednesday morning did at least $30 million worth of damage, probably a lot more. The Council says 6,000 wind-related claims have already been filed, more almost certainly will be, so total damages could reach $50 million or more.…MORE

A weak tornado tore through a Mesquite neighborhood Saturday

A weak tornado tore through a Mesquite neighborhood Saturday

Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Weather Service confirms an EF-0 tornado spawned by Saturday morning’s series of fast moving thunderstorms damaged a Mesquite neighborhood. The twister came down along Allen Drive near the intersection of Interstate 635 and Bruton Road. It damaged several homes and a church, and hurled debris through the Chamberlain neighborhood until…MORE