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Fort Worth Selects First Diversity and Inclusion Director

Fort Worth Selects First Diversity and Inclusion Director

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth has selected it’s Diversity and Inclusion director, a recommendation from the city’s Race and Culture Task Force. Christina Brooks will implement and oversee the 22 recommendations from the Task Force and well as promote fairness, cultural awareness and enforce civil rights laws in Fort Worth. “On the top of…MORE

Police Investigating Burglaries At Five Star Ford In North Richland Hills

Police Investigating Burglaries At Five Star Ford In North Richland Hills

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Richland Hills Police are investigating multiple vehicle burglaries that took place on Sunday, November 10, 2019, between the hours of 10:00 pm-midnight at Five Star Ford – 6618 NE Loop 820, North Richland Hills, 76180. The burglaries were reported to dispatch on Tuesday, November 12 by Five Star Ford.  Five…MORE

Trump Campaign Raises $3-Million Amid Impeachment Probe

Trump Campaign Raises $3-Million Amid Impeachment Probe

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign raised more than $3 million on the day of the first public House impeachment hearing. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale announced the haul on Twitter Thursday. He says the campaign raised $3,144,257 Wednesday and now hopes to raise $5 million within a 24-hour span. Democrats are investigating…MORE

Two Killed, Several Injured in Shooting at Los Angeles County High School

Two Killed, Several Injured in Shooting at Los Angeles County High School

Update at 2:00pm: Authorities say a second victim of a Los Angeles area high school shooting has died. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says a 14-year-old boy died at a hospital. Earlier, a 16-year-old girl died from the shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita. Authorities say a student gunman…MORE

Next up in Impeachment Hearings: A Parade of Key Witnesses

Next up in Impeachment Hearings: A Parade of Key Witnesses

WASHINGTON (AP) – Several more witnesses set to testify in the House impeachment hearings are expected to say they too worried about President Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate Democrats as the U.S. withheld military aid. On Friday, lawmakers will hear from the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted in May…MORE

Home Sales are Up Across the Metroplex & So are Prices

Home Sales are Up Across the Metroplex & So are Prices

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Homes sales are up across the metroplex as the 2019 winds down after slowing down earlier this year … but with the increased sales comes higher prices, according to the Dallas Morning News. Stats from MetroTex Association of Realtors shows prices for single-family homes sold by real estate agents were 6%…MORE

UTD Research Leads to Rapid THC Detection Device; Could Aid Police on the Streets

UTD Research Leads to Rapid THC Detection Device; Could Aid Police on the Streets

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – University of Texas-Dallas researchers may have solved a problem for Texas law enforcement. Researchers at UTD Have developed a possible tool for law enforcement to use during assessments of driver impairment — the new study focused on THC, and involves the creation of a sensor that uses saliva to determine a subject’s…MORE

El Paso Walmart Reopens With Off-Duty Officers

El Paso Walmart Reopens With Off-Duty Officers

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Walmart has quietly hired off-duty officers at its stores in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman police say targeted Mexicans opened fire in a store in August and killed 22 people. Walmart reopened the store Thursday where the attack happened and amid ongoing lawsuits over safety. Walmart didn’t have a guard in the store…MORE

Supporters Rally For Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

Supporters Rally For Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Protesters rallied in support of Rodney Reed’s campaign to stop his scheduled Nov. 20 execution. The protesters rallied Wednesday afternoon outside the Bastrop County district attorney’s office in Bastrop, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) southeast of Austin. They heard from speakers that included members of the Texas death row inmate’s family.…MORE