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Wrong Way Crash Kills Two Motorists in Fort Worth

Wrong Way Crash Kills Two Motorists in Fort Worth

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police are on the scene of a double fatality crash involving a wrong-way driver. A motorist was reportedly going the wrong way on eastbound I-30 near Chapel Creek this morning and crashed into an oncoming car. Both drivers died at the scene. A wrong-way crash in West Fort Worth…MORE

Jailed McKinney Daycare Worker Faces Multiple Additional Charges of Harming Children

Jailed McKinney Daycare Worker Faces Multiple Additional Charges of Harming Children

McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in McKinney say a daycare worker, jailed since December for severely injuring an infant boy, now faces total of eight warrants for harming other children. That, after police reviewed surveillance video from the Joyous Montessori Daycare in McKinney which shows evidence egregious assaults on multiple children. 44-year old Jessica Joy…MORE

Martin O’Malley: Beto O’Rourke Should Run For President

Martin O’Malley: Beto O’Rourke Should Run For President

WASHINGTON (AP) – Martin O’Malley, the former Democratic governor of Maryland and 2016 presidential candidate, says he will not run for president in 2020 and is backing Beto O’Rourke. O’Malley’s endorsement of O’Rourke, who catapulted to the national spotlight in his close Texas Senate race against Sen. Ted Cruz, comes in a column published in…MORE

Cowboys, Seahawks will run for playoff victory

Cowboys, Seahawks will run for playoff victory

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott won his second NFL rushing title in three seasons for a Dallas offense that has been defined by the ground game for several years now. Seattle takes the league’s No. 1 rushing offense into a wild-card playoff against the Cowboys on Saturday night, led by Chris Carson, but with…MORE

Southwest Airlines Founder, Herb Kelleher, Dead

Southwest Airlines Founder, Herb Kelleher, Dead

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Dallas based Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher has died. In a statement the airline said “Herb was a pioneer, a maverick, and an innovator. His vision revolutionized commercial aviation and democratized the skies. Herb’s passion, zest for life, and insatiable investment in relationships made lasting and immeasurable impressions…MORE

Two Arrests in Frisco Apartment Parking Lot Shooting

Two Arrests in Frisco Apartment Parking Lot Shooting

FRISCO – WBAP/KLIF – Frisco Police report a second arrest in the case of a man found shot to death in an apartment parking lot the day after Christmas.  Frisco Officer Grant Cottingham says 25 year old Derek Carr of McKinney has been arrested and charged with tampering of evidence in the case.  23 year…MORE

Houston Community Rallies Around Family of Jazmine Barnes, Police Search for Killer

Houston Community Rallies Around Family of Jazmine Barnes, Police Search for Killer

(WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities near Houston continue to search for the shooter in a drive by shooting that killed a black 7-year-old girl while the community rallies around her family. Police believe the Sunday shooting was random but won’t speculate on a motive. Activists believe the shooting may have been racially motivated. The suspect is described as a…MORE

Large Sinkhole Appears in West 7th District of Fort Worth

Large Sinkhole Appears in West 7th District of Fort Worth

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — A sinkhole big enough to swallow a car has part of a popular Fort Worth road closed. The hole opened up this morning at the intersection of West 7th St. and Carroll, after a woman who was driving said she felt the ground move beneath her. “We have about a…MORE

Declining Gas Prices Continue into 2019

Declining Gas Prices Continue into 2019

NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Gas prices have been declining for months now and the trend has continued into 2019. AAA’s Daniel Armbruster said the state wide gas price average is a $1.93 for a gallon of regular unleaded and it’s even cheaper across the Metroplex. “In Dallas Fort Worth, the average this week is about $1.87…MORE