FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)-Fire departments all over North Texas remind everyone to stay safe when shooting fireworks this Fourth of July weekend. Mike Drivdahl with the Fort Worth Fire Department said it is illegal to sell, posses or light fireworks inside city limits, you can be fined up to $2,000. He said if you have land…… MORE
MCKINNEY(WBAP/KLIF)-Thousands of people line the streets in Historic Downtown McKinney to watch the Red White and Boom Parade. For many, it’s a tradition to dress up and spend the day with friends and family. “There’s a lot of different people here and no one is arguing …there’s Trump fans, there’s Beto fans and no one…… MORE
Update at 2:30pm: LOS ANGELES (AP) – Veteran seismologist Lucy Jones says the earthquake Thursday was the strongest to hit Southern California in 20 years. She says the previous large quake was a 7.1 on that struck in the area on October 16, 1999. Jones told reporters at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena,…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Happy Independence Day from the State of Texas where thousands of people are enjoying holiday festivities across the state. In Round Top, Texas on Wednesdsay, a 166 year old celebration continued. Started in 1851, the Round Top celebration is the oldest Fourth of July observance west of the Mississippi. Through all the…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – District attorneys in at least four Texas counties say they’ll stop accepting misdemeanor marijuana cases until the problem is fixed. A new law legalizing hemp in Texas is creating problems for authorities that will likely cost millions of dollars to fix and has temporarily stopped the prosecution of some misdemeanor cases involving…… MORE
Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In a YouTube video Wednesday, former Florida congressman Allen West announced his intentions to run for chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. West, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who now lives in Garland with his family, says his overall goal is to defeat the “scourge called progressive socialism in Texas.”…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Many North Texans will continue to pop fireworks over the Independence Day weekend and the Parkland Burn Center in Dallas wants residents to be safe. Stephanie Chapman is a nurse at the burn center and said every year they see a spike in fireworks-related injuries. “In the last five years, we’ve admitted…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fourth of July celebrations in Washington are getting the Trump treatment this year. Besides a traditional parade Thursday morning, an annual evening concert at the Capitol plus fireworks over the National Mall, President Donald Trump is hosting an hour long event in the early evening that he’s dubbed “Salute to America.” Tomorrow…… MORE
Lufkin (WBAP/KLIF) – Lufkin Police say they have identified the woman who took a video of herself licking a bucket of Blue Bell ice cream in a Walmart store and putting it back in the display case. The video went viral and has been viewed 11 million times. After the video hit social media, Blue…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — Seconds before a small plane crashed at a suburban Dallas airport, killing all 10 people on board, the crew commented on a problem with the left engine, federal officials said Tuesday. The Beechcraft BE-350 King Air struggled to gain altitude before veering to the left and crashing into a hangar Sunday morning at the…… MORE
