AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Abbott sent a letter to state agency leaders on Tuesday, directing them to ramp up state efforts to combat the deadly fentanyl crisis impacting communities across Texas and the nation. With an 89% increase in fentanyl-related deaths reported in Texas in 2021 compared to 2020, the deadly synthetic opioid is endangering…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Child care advocates are kicking off an 11-city Texas tour Tuesday to discuss solutions to an increase in child care deserts that’s costing the state billions of dollars a year. It’s an issue that is being felt in North Texas. Since 2017, the number of available child care seats per…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire Rescue battled two fires within four hours last night at vacant hotel buildings occupied by multiple homeless people. DFR spokesman Jason Evans says that 100 firefighters battled a 3-alarm blaze overnight around 1:30am at a vacant 13-story building on the North Stemmons Freeway where flames were shooting from the 2nd…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department is looking for a bank robbery suspect. Police say the robbery happened around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Unity One Credit Union at 4625 north Tarrant Parkway. The suspect reportedly gave a note to an employee demanding cash. The employee complied and the…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department is looking for a bank robbery suspect. Police say the robbery happened around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Unity One Credit Union at 4625 north Tarrant Parkway. The suspect reportedly gave a note to an employee demanding cash. The employee complied and the…… MORE
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a gunman shot three people, including two first responders, at the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo in Texas before he was shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies. Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas says that just before 11 p.m. Monday a man opened fire on county deputies working off-duty at the…… MORE
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew. Forecasters said Fiona was expected to pass near Grand Turk, the British territory’s capital island, on this morning. Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff on Monday opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Monday did not say what laws may have been broken in putting 48 Venezuelans on private planes last week from San…… MORE
The judge in the case said there is no combination of conditions that would “reasonably ensure the safety” of the community if Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr is let out on bail. Ortiz is jailed accused of injecting heart-stopping drugs into IV bags that were used on patients he was not treating at a Baylor…… MORE
The judge in the case said there is no combination of conditions that would “reasonably ensure the safety” of the community if Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr is let out on bail. Ortiz is jailed accused of injecting heart-stopping drugs into IV bags that were used on patients he was not treating at a Baylor…… MORE
