AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas troopers will be out in force over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend in an extended effort to keep all travelers safe. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday reminded travelers that everyone in a vehicle must wear a seat belt. Troopers will also be on the lookout for drunken…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – After more than two decades, Texas Ranger Adrian Beltre has decided to hang up his cleats. In a statement released Tuesday morning, Beltre reflected on his accomplished career. “I have enjoyed the privilege of playing professional baseball since I was 15 years old. I have been blessed to have played 21 seasons…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Monday was the first day Texas lawmakers could file their proposals for new bills in the next session of the legislature that begins in Austin January 8. 600 proposals were filed including a bill that would exempt Texas from daylight saving time. There’s also a proposal that would require commercial pecan buyers…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the normal west to east wind patterns over the United States could carry California wildfire smoke across the country, affecting all of north Texas including the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some computer models show the smoke is likely to reach the east coast. However they also…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A Houston man is facing criminal charges six months after his 6 year old daughter apparently killed her one year old brother while they waited for their father to come out of a store. Adrian Middleton has been charged with child abandonment. He told Houston Police he left his children in the…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – One of President Donald Trump’s few Republican critics in Congress has won re-election in a Texas swing district. Will Hurd is a former CIA officer. He accused Trump this summer of “standing idle on the world stage” and being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also opposed Trump’s border wall.…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Police are looking for four women who stole more than $5,000 of merchandise from a Fort Worth beauty store last month. The four took the items from the Ulta Beauty in the 3000 block of South Hulen Street on Oct. 13, police said Monday, and are thought to be connected to…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) – The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office says it has been notified that four people have died in the shooting at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital & Medical Center. The Chicago Police Department says Monday that one of its officers was shot in the attack and later died at a hospital. Earlier, witnesses said a gunman…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A park in Southeast Fort Worth is getting bigger after TXU Energy donated vacant land next to the park. District 5 Council Member Gyna Bivens accepted the donation dedicated to add just under 3 acres to the William McDonald Park on Eastland Street. Bivens said this will enhance citizens park experience…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- A Haslet day care worker is charged with injury to a child after police say she assaulted a 4-year-old. Tracy Ludwig, a worker at Little Country Day Care, was arrested November 9th, after parents reported their son had scratches and bruises on his neck and face. In a social media post the…… MORE
