LOCKHART, Texas (AP) – A Texas jury has sentenced a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment for the murder of a college student. The jury in Caldwell County in Central Texas sentenced Robert Fabian on Wednesday, one day after finding him guilty of murder and evidence tampering in the death of 21-year-old Zuzu Verk. She was…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — The production of oil and natural gas in West Texas is booming but it’s coming at a cost to residents who are regularly exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to a report issued by an environmental group. The Environmental Integrity Project noted in a report released Thursday that the Permian…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A report from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows brake failure is the reason a JPS hospital elevator crushed and severely injured a nurse in January. According to the report, the accident happened because worn-out brakes didn’t set when the elevator arrived at the tenth floor and continued to move when the nurse…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- VisitDallas President & CEO PHilip Jones is stepping down. Jones and Visit Dallas Board members came to a mutual decision for him to step down after 15 years. VisitDallas, a tourism agency for the city was under fire after an audit exposed questionable spending habits within the agency. An interim CEO will be…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The committee voted 24-16 to hold Barr in contempt after the Justice Department rejected House Democrats’ demands for the full…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police department honored the 86 lives lost on duty in the history of the department ahead of National Police Week. During a ceremony Wednesday with families of officers killed on the job, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said it’s important to remember the officer’s who made the ultimate sacrifice. “The Dallas…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The process for removing confederate monuments, or any historical statue, could soon be changing in Texas. The state senate has passed a bill that would require two-thirds of the vote by a city or state governing body to have a monument removed. Senator Brandon Creighton of Conroe is the bill’s author and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department says President Donald Trump has exerted executive privilege over the full Mueller report and other investigative records that had been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee. Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd says Wednesday that the Justice Department is also ending its negotiations with the committee. Boyd says the committee’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are urging the public to be on high alert after it received another complaint about a suspicious masked man who has been knocking on doors and harassing people. The latest incident happened Tuesday around 11:15 a.m. at a home in the 400 block of Kirkwood Drive in Old Lake Highlands.…… MORE
KELLER (WBAP/KLIF News) — Keller firefighters responded to a house fire Wednesday morning that neighbors believe started with a lightning strike. Our media partners at WFAA-TV reported that the neighbors saw and heard the loudest lightning strike in their life. Immediately after, firefighters showed up on Crestwood Trail. “We experienced really loud thunder and a…… MORE
