FT. WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) -City of Ft. Worth workers have their chance to sound off starting today on a proposal to fix the struggling pension plan. The plan currently has over a billion dollars in unfunded liability. Starting today and going through February 22nd city employees can vote on a plan to keep the program viable.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon said Sunday it will send 3,750 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to put up another 150 miles of concertina wire and provide other support for Customs and Border Protection. The additions will bring the total number of active-duty troops on the border to 4,350. The announcement is in line…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas officials believe four people, including two young boys, died in an Oak Cliff home from carbon monoxide poisoning. WFAA reports the bodies of two construction workers and one of the workers’ twin two-year-old sons were discovered Sunday morning in a home the men were renovating on the 1400 block of…… MORE
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – A billboard on a highway near Galveston is bringing attention to the city’s rift with its police union, criticizing the town as “Home of the Worst Police Retirement in Texas.” The Galveston Municipal Police Association recently leased the billboard along Interstate-45, where it will stand for the next month. The association…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Fire and Rescue reports finding the bodies of 4 people; 2 children and two adult men Sunday morning, in a home under construction in the 14 hundred block of Owega on the south side of Dallas. The home owner reportedly told arriving rescue teams two men were working on the…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A Dallas company has recalled a ton of chicken items produced last month with incorrect labels. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday announced the recall by Taylor Farms. USDA officials say the products are wrongly labeled “Chile Relleno” due to misbranding. The items contain an undeclared allergen – wheat. Officials have…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) – Police say a man has fatally shot his estranged wife and wounded two of her relatives before killing himself as his spouse moved out of the couple’s Dallas-area home. Grand Prairie police say the shootings happened Saturday morning in what investigators call an apparent murder-suicide. A police statement says a…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Texas man who admitted to killing his estranged wife by tying a massive chunk of concrete to her and throwing her off a bridge into a lake has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors in Fort Worth say Rodolfo “Rudy” Arellano pleaded guilty Wednesday to capital murder. He’ll…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University is investigating three allegations of rape at a residence hall involving the same individuals. Campus police crime logs show the string of sexual assaults reported on Monday occurred at the Waco campus’ South Russell Hall since December. Baylor spokeswoman Tonya Hudson says the cases were referred to the university’s…… MORE
Texas (AP) Three times a day, a 22-year-old Indian man on a hunger strike says, he is dragged from his cell in a Texas immigration detention center, his feet scraping the floor as he goes. He’s put on a bed where he says his arms and legs are strapped down and a group of people…… MORE
