FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia met with civic leaders, educators and business leaders in Fort Worth talking about workforce development. He said the unemployment rate is at an all time low at 3.5%. Scalia said wages are rising more quickly for workers in the lower section of the economy and said…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn and Senator Ted Cruz each voted against the impeachment of President Trump Wednesday. The impeachment trial is officially over,” said Senator Cornyn in a tweet. “I voted to acquit [the President] because Presidents are meant to be chosen by elections, not impeachments – especially with a partisan impeachment that…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump of impeachment, ending only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country and tested civic norms. The proceedings also are feeding the tumultuous 2020 run for the White House. A majority of senators expressed unease with Trump’s pressure campaign…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Police say the murders at Texas A&M Commerce and another murder in Denton have a connection. While investigating and searching the home of the Texas A&M shooting suspect, 21-year-old Jacques Smith’s home, Denton Police were able to charge him and two others for the murder of Steven Daniels on New Years Eve in Denton.…… MORE
MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF News) – Mansfield ISD is mourning the loss of its longtime football coach. 47-year-old Daniel Maberry lost his two-year battle with Stage 4 Lymphoma on Monday. The popular coach had been with the district for two decades and took over as head football coach in 2016. Maberry had been scheduled to go home…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Donald Trump presented the award during the State of the Union speech Tuesday night. The 69-year old Limbaugh, is a staunch Trump supporter. He announced Monday he is battling advanced lung cancer.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump stood before a Congress and a nation sharply divided by impeachment and used his State of the Union address to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch. That’s just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor. ” We meet tonight…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a Texas mother who does not want a hospital to end life-sustaining treatment for her 1-year-old daughter. Texas’ Second Court Court of Appeals in Fort Worth is considering the case after a lower court said Cook Children’s Medical Center could remove Tinslee…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Macy’s says it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of online shopping. The store closures represent about one fifth of Macy’s current total. It didn’t specify how many jobs would be lost…… MORE
Dallas – Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – With wintry weather expected to bring between 2-to-5 inches of snow and sleet to the west and northwest of Fort Worth, a number of school distrist in Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker and Wise counties have closed of delay classes today. Forecasters say the heaviest precipitation is expected between 2AM…… MORE
