DALLAS (WBAPKLIF) – 4 Dallas Firefighters are hospitalized after being injured in an apartment explosion and collapse. According to Jason Evans, the firefighters were dispatched to the complex on Highland Hills Drive after residents reported smelling gas. The explosion occurred after the firefighters arrived on the scene. 2 residents of the complex were also injured…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – There’s another contender for the Lieutenant Governor seat in next year’s midterm elections. Matthew Dowd, former chief strategist for George W. Bush, announced Wednesday morning that he’s running against Dan Patrick as a Democrat. In his campaign video announcement, Dowd accused Republican leaders of failing the state on energy and COVID-19.…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – A new survey finds that vaccinated older adults are far more worried about COVID-19 than the unvaccinated are. And those vaccinated older adults are far likelier to take precautions despite the protection afforded by their shots. The survey comes Wednesday from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30 years ago. Rick Rhoades, 57, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the September 1991 killings of Charles Allen, 31, and…… MORE
CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – A 17-year-old from Carrollton who fathered a son born in July is now charged with Murder for the infant’s death, according to Carrollton Police. Carrollton Police Detectives arrested Caleb Blake Brown of Carrollton Tuesday morning. According to CPD, Brown and the baby’s mother, also 17 years old, brought their three-week-old son to…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Forest Service has determined unincorporated areas of Tarrant County are under drought conditions prompting commissioners to issue a burn ban. All outdoor burning is prohibited for the next 90 days. At that time commissioners will revisit the issue.As a precaution people who live in rural areas should keep grass…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police said on Tuesday they’ve received a confession in the killings and dismemberment of three people found in a dumpster. According to Police, surveillance video led investigators to 41-year-old Jason Thornburg who was seen on camera loading body parts into his Jeep at a Euless motel. Sergeant Joe Loughman…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – In his first congressional testimony on the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is defending the military’s execution of a frantic airlift from Kabul. He also asserted on Tuesday that it will be “difficult but absolutely possible” to contain extremist threats in Afghanistan without troops on the ground. Meantime,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Coming up in November, Texans will be voting on eight different constitutional amendments, bond issues, in addition to city and school board races. For those not registered to vote, Monday, October 4th, is the final day to be eligible for November 2nd local elections. Although elections in the Lone Star State are more…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas inmate is facing execution for fatally stabbing two Houston area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30 years ago. Rick Rhoades was condemned for the September 1991 killings of two brothers less than a day after he had been released on parole. He is set to be executed…… MORE
