FORT WORTH, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas man has been convicted in the 2016 murder of an Arlington mother who was selling jewelry to raise money to buy Christmas presents for her family. Mario Hernan Lopez Gamez was convicted Monday of capital murder and received an automatic life sentence. Prosecutors didn’t seek the death…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – There is a North Texas connection to the tragic shooting at the University of North Carolina/Charlotte. 22-year old Trystan Andrew Terrell had moved to Charlotte from Arlington to live with his dad two years ago after the death of his mother; that, according to Terrell’s grandfather, Paul Rold, an Arlington resident. The…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas based Southwest Airlines is no longer top dog when it comes to customer satisfaction. According to a survey by the American Customer Satisafaction Index, Southwest is now tied for second place with Jet Blue. Alaska Airlines comes in at number one. The report says, “Recent deadly crashes of the Boeing 737 Max…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas prison officials on Tuesday abruptly halted the practice of sharing death row inmate’s final written statements after a lawmaker expressed outrage over the state relaying the last words of an avowed racist executed for the 1998 dragging death of a black man, James Byrd Jr. It marks the second recent…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Parts of North Texas experienced severe weather, tornado warnings and flash flood warnings in North Tarrant, Denton and Parker Counties. People were asked to take shelter and avoid driving as severe weather rolled in at about 4:00 PM Tuesday afternoon. There was damage reported at Eagle Mountain Lake close to Harbor One Marina. A…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth SWAT Department introduces a new vehicle to keep officers and the community safe. It’s called the Rook and it’s similar to a skid steer loader for construction. Lieutenant Todd Plowman said the Rook is used when dealing with a hostage situation, a barricaded victim or even to remove debris after…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas prison officials say the last written words of condemned inmates will no longer be shared publicly, marking another fresh change to execution day procedures in the nation’s busiest death chamber. The new policy Tuesday follows outrage by a state lawmaker who in 2011 also put a halt to Texas death row…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas’ Republican lieutenant governor says he won’t support reducing penalties for small amounts of marijuana, calling it “a step toward legalization.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s opposition Tuesday followed a historic vote in the GOP-controlled Texas House to make possession of an ounce or less of the drug to a Class C misdemeanor.…… MORE
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A credit card skimmer was found at another gas station in North Texas. The Texas Department of Agriculture said it was found on a pump at Scooter’s Superstore on Highway 114 in Southlake. It was discovered by a state inspector who was responding to a complaint and was removed on April…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A jury has returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of a former Texas A&M football player who killed a jogger on White Rock Trail in 2015. Thomas Johnson was found guilty after less than an hour of jury deliberation, and just over a day of witness testimony. Johnson’s attorneys…… MORE
