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Burt Reynolds, Star of Film, TV and Tabloids, Dead at 82

Burt Reynolds, Star of Film, TV and Tabloids, Dead at 82

NEW YORK (AP) – Burt Reynolds, whose credits included acclaimed films such as “Deliverance” and commercial hits like “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died. The handsome film and television star died at age 82, according to his agent Todd Eisner. No other details were immediately available Thursday. During a long, erratic career, Reynolds starred in…MORE

Bystander Killed During Police Chase in Fort Worth Stockyards

Bystander Killed During Police Chase in Fort Worth Stockyards

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – One person has been killed and several others hurt following a police chase and crash in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Fort Worth Police Sergeant Chris Britt says officers were chasing a burglary suspect. “There had been some crime in the area, he had been identified. I believe we had been looking…MORE

Beto O’Rourke Campaign Says Texts About Illegal Voting Sent by an Impostor

Beto O’Rourke Campaign Says Texts About Illegal Voting Sent by an Impostor

EL PASO  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Beto O’Rourke campaign said a mass text message that was sent out asking supporters to drive undocumented immigrants to the polls in November was from an impostor. People have been getting a text from a woman named Patsy and it asks Texans to support the grassroots effort to get…MORE

Frisco Receives Grant to Hire More Firefighters

Frisco Receives Grant to Hire More Firefighters

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Frisco Fire Department has been awarded a grant that will allow it to hire more firefighters. The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant is administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency. This $1,560,305 SAFER grant will provide partial funding for 9 firefighters that will…MORE

North Texas police chase leaves 1 dead, 2 others injured

North Texas police chase leaves 1 dead, 2 others injured

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — A police chase in suburban Dallas has resulted in the death of a drug suspect and injuries to two others, including one person who was hit by a flying tire. Garland police say a man led officers on a high-speed chase Wednesday morning after they were called to investigate a drug…MORE

Fort Worth Police Working Officer-involved Shooting

Fort Worth Police Working Officer-involved Shooting

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – According to police a 54-year-old white man was shot by police as he threw a knife at officers at a Fort Worth residence Wednesday night. Authorities say a family member of the man called 911 around 6:30p.m. in the evening to report he was tearing up his bed with a knife in…MORE

Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley asks Community to Support a Hospital Bond Proposal

Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley asks Community to Support a Hospital Bond Proposal

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- At the 8th Annual State of the County Luncheon, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley asked Tarrant County Voters to support the $800 million hospital bond proposal that will be on the November ballot. If this bond gets approved, the money will go towards the JPS health network- adding mental health beds, surgery…MORE

Trump Calls Anonymous NY Times Op-ed ‘Gutless’

Trump Calls Anonymous NY Times Op-ed ‘Gutless’

WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior administration official is sounding an alarm about President Donald Trump’s “amorality” and “impetuous” leadership style in an unsigned opinion piece published in The New York Times. The newspaper describes the author of the unsigned column only as “a senior official in the Trump administration.” President Donald Trump says it’s “really…MORE