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Southwest Grounds 2 Planes after Finding Cracks in Key Part

Southwest Grounds 2 Planes after Finding Cracks in Key Part

DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines is grounding two Boeing jets after finding cracks in parts that connect wings to the fuselage. A Southwest spokesman said Wednesday that the airline reported its findings to Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, which didn’t immediately comment. The FAA ordered airlines to inspect Boeing 737s, starting with jets that…MORE

Art Briles’ Mount Vernon Squad Reprimanded by UIL

Art Briles’ Mount Vernon Squad Reprimanded by UIL

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Baylor football coach Art Briles’ new team is in hot water with the University Interscholastic League. Briles was fired from Baylor in 2016 amid a sexual assault scandal at the University. He took over as Head Coach for Mount Vernon High School in East Texas this year. Two of Briles’ players…MORE

19-year-old Man Faces Federal Charges for Brutal Sexual Assault and Robbing 88-year-old Woman

19-year-old Man Faces Federal Charges for Brutal Sexual Assault and Robbing 88-year-old Woman

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The man who allegedly assaulted an 88-year-old woman inside her Dallas home Tuesday has been charged via criminal complaint with carjacking and possession of a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. 19-year-old Kristopher Charles Martin Brown allegedly broke into the victim’s home on Cliffmere Drive…MORE

Election Poll Workers Needed in Tarrant County

Election Poll Workers Needed in Tarrant County

TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Tarrant County Republican Party is in need of election judges, alternate judges and clerks to ensure fair elections. Darl Easton chairman of the Tarrant County GOP said there are plenty of training opportunities available and you get paid for working election day. You can sign up to be a poll worker…MORE

American Airlines Announces Boeing 737 Max to Return to Service January 2020

American Airlines Announces Boeing 737 Max to Return to Service January 2020

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth-based American Airlines has announced the embattled Boeing 737 Max is expected to return to service on January 16, 2020. The jets were grounded worldwide in the wake two deadly international plane crashes that claimed the lives of 346 people. Boeing blamed the crashes on a software glitch that the…MORE

Texas Democrats Ask Judge to Force Release of Secret Recording to House Speaker Bonnen

Texas Democrats Ask Judge to Force Release of Secret Recording to House Speaker Bonnen

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Lawyers for the Texas Democratic Party asked a Travis County judge on Tuesday to force the release a secret recording of the Texas House speaker. Democrats want political activist Michael Quinn Sullivan to make the recording available by Friday. Sullivan alleged over the summer that during a meeting with Speaker Dennis Bonnen…MORE

Greyhound Apologizes to Texas Man Who Was Kicked Off Bus

Greyhound Apologizes to Texas Man Who Was Kicked Off Bus

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Greyhound Lines has apologized to a Texas man who sued the company after a driver forced him off a bus at a station in Kansas at the dead of night, accusing him of being unruly and uncooperative. Mohammad Reza Sardari was traveling from Dallas to Kansas City, Missouri, in November…MORE