Unsettled weather is expected today as an upper level disturbance and a Pacific front bring a chance of showers and storms. The best storm chances will be across the northern rows of counties, which is also where the best chance of strong to severe storms will be. Windy conditions will return this afternoon behind the…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County has launched a new specialty court intended to divert mentally ill offenders into a court-supervised outpatient treatment program instead of the traditional criminal justice process. Judge Jennifer Edgeworth of the 219th District Court will preside over the program with Judge Lance Baxter of County Court at Law 3. The specialty court also includes program…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott expanded the state’s disaster declaration this week, to include additional counties impacted by the ice storm that began in January and continued into early February. Several North Texas counties are included. The counties added to the Governor’s disaster declaration are Anderson, Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Delta, Falls,…… MORE
WBAP WX CENTER FORECAST 5A 2-21-23 TODAY…PARTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM… HIGH NEAR 84 WINDS SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH AND GUSTY TONIGHT..CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT.. LOW NEAR 64 TOMORROW…RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING BY NOON.. CLEARING, WINDY AND WARM LATE IN THE DAY.…… MORE
Longtime North Texas radio host Hal Jay is back home recovering after spending weeks in the hospital and receiving a heart transplant that saved his life. He spoke with NBC 5’s… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has announced a scenario that hasn’t been seen in decades. He confirmed via Twitter on Monday that he’s running unopposed in the upcoming May 2023 elections. Johnson is the first person ever to run unopposed for mayor since the city switched to electing its mayor to…… MORE
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A new, 6.4 magnitude earthquake has jolted Turkey’s Hatay province which was devastated by a massive tremor two weeks ago. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, is reporting six people have been injured in Aleppo from falling debris, while the mayor of Hatay says a number of buildings have collapsed, trapping people…… MORE
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A North Texas man who has been missing since January has been found safe. Grapevine Police tweeted that Christian Saulter-Williams was found in another city and has been reunited with his family. His parents said they last saw him on January 18th after he walked away from their home and…… MORE
Today marks one year since Russia began its assault on Ukraine. In a surprise visit to the the war-torn country President Biden said , “When Putin launched his invasion nearly one year ago, he thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he could outlast us. But he was dead wrong.” Associated…… MORE
PHILADELPHIA-AP (WBAP/KLIF) — The 31-year old son of former Fort Worth police chief Joel Fitzgerald was killed in a line-of-duty shooting over the weekend. Slain Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was killed while in pursuit of robbery suspects near the campus Saturday night. The Philadelphia district attorney’s office said 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer, who reportedly…… MORE
