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Fort Worth Man Badly Burn When Paint Fumes Explode Inside His Apartment

Fort Worth Man Badly Burn When Paint Fumes Explode Inside His Apartment

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth man is being treated at Parkland Hospital for severe burns to his upper body after an explosion in his apartment this morning The incident happened just before five this morning, according to Fort Worth Fire Department’s Mike Drivdahl. He says that there was painting going on inside the…MORE

Feds to Collect Soil Samples From Area of Deadly 2018 Home Explosion

Feds to Collect Soil Samples From Area of Deadly 2018 Home Explosion

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The US Army Corps of Engineers is set to collect soil samples today from the area where a 12-year-old girl was killed in a home explosion last year. The samples will be analyzed at a lab in Arlington to see if the earth-shifting theory Atmos provided to the city council is the…MORE

Beto O’Rourke plans first Iowa visit amid 2020 speculation

Beto O’Rourke plans first Iowa visit amid 2020 speculation

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is making his first trip to Iowa of the 2020 campaign, visiting the state that kicks off presidential voting amid intense speculation that he’ll enter the race for the White House. A spokesman says O’Rourke will visit the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday to campaign…MORE

Concert Attendees Disappointed Over Frisco Concert Venue Accommodations

Concert Attendees Disappointed Over Frisco Concert Venue Accommodations

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF)- Several people are upset over their experience at Bob Seger’s concert at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco this weekend. Complaints on social media, TripAdvisor and Yelp said the Ford Center was not equipped to host thousands of people. Ronnie Stapp attended the concert. He said he paid hundreds of dollars…MORE

TCU’s Rifle Team Wins National Championship

TCU’s Rifle Team Wins National Championship

FORT WORTH – TCU has added another national championship to its trophy case. The school took the top prize this past weekend in rifle shooting in Morgantown, West Virginia. In total, the school brought home four of the five championship trophies awarded at the tournament. Individual championships were won in smallbore and air rifle. This is…MORE

President Trump Unveils 2020 Budget Proposal

President Trump Unveils 2020 Budget Proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is relying on an optimistic projection of 3.1 percent economic growth to bring his proposed $4.7 trillion budget into balance in the future, along with accounting shuffles and steep cuts to domestic programs. The 2020 budget released Monday projects a $1.1 trillion deficit for the fiscal year beginning Oct.…MORE

Dallas Police Searching for Suspect in Deadly Hit and Run

Dallas Police Searching for Suspect in Deadly Hit and Run

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are asking the public to help find the driver believed to be responsible for a hit and run accident that killed three people early Sunday. Investigators said the suspect, 32-year-old Jesus Chavarria-Vasquez was driving a black 2013 Chevrolet Silverado pick up truck when he was involved in an accident at…MORE

Confirmed Case of Measles in Collin County

Confirmed Case of Measles in Collin County

COLLIN COUNTY  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Health Department has confirmed a case of the measles in Collin County. It’s the second case in North Texas this year. The first was confirmed in Denton County last month. Last August, a Plano West Senior High School student came down with the virus. There have been 11…MORE

Fort Worth 6-Month Old Dies in Tragic Drowning Accident

Fort Worth 6-Month Old Dies in Tragic Drowning Accident

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A tragedy in Fort Worth this morning where a 6-month old baby boy drowned when his mother, who had been bathing him fell asleep in the tub. Police say, when she woke up 5:45, her son — who was a twin — was underwater and unresponsive. The baby was rushed to…MORE

Hometown Airlines Are Watching Ethiopian Crash Investigation Closely

Hometown Airlines Are Watching Ethiopian Crash Investigation Closely

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American and Southwest Airlines are closely watching the investigation into the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-MAX8, as both, the Fort Worth based and Dallas based carriers have dozens of such planes in operation. It’s the second such aviation accident involving that Boeing specific model in six months, and…MORE