FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth ISD is offering a first-of-its-kind opportunity for students this summer – and will pay teachers and others a $1,000 stipend on top of their usual daily or hourly rate of compensation. Summer Launch will allow students to catch up or accelerate their learning and recover credits lost due to disruptions…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth is warning residents about an app called “One Simplicity” that is posing to be affiliated with the city. It has about 50 different Texas cities on there. “By the unauthorized use of the city’s logo, the Simplicity app gives residents the false impression that the information and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines has banned a woman from its flight after she was seen on video seen punching a flight attendant in the face. An airline executive reminded employees in a memo Thursday that the airline has a process to permanently restrict passengers from traveling on Southwest, The memo stated that the woman…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has asked the Government Performance & Financial Management Committee to explore whether the City can offer paid parental leave to its employees. Currently, the City relies on other forms of leave, such as sick time and vacation time, as a means to provide employees with paid time off…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans have blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The Senate fell sort of the 60 votes needed to consider a House-passed bill that would have formed a 10-member commission evenly split between the two parties. It was another sign…… MORE
Philadelphia – (WBAP/KLIF) – Bill Cosby will not be getting out of prison anytime soon, after being denied parole by the Pennsylvania Parole Board for failing to complete a sexual violent predator course among other things. The 83-year Cosby is serving a 3-to-10-year sentence for drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee at…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – Garland Police arrested the man accused of exposing himself to a 15-year-old girl this week. The department asked the public to help identify 30-year-old Timothy James Kellogg of Greenville earlier this week by releasing a photo of a white possibly Chevrolet or GMC four-door pickup truck seen driving through the area. Investigators…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Phil Mickelson kept hearing congratulatory words as he made his way around Colonial, and there was a huge roar from the crowd when the PGA Championship winner made a long putt to finish his round. Jordan Spieth kept making birdies in the same group. Spieth shot a 7-under 63 on…… MORE
UNDATED (AP) – Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is joining the fight against Donald Trump, urging fellow conservatives to reject the former president’s divisive politics and the Republican leaders who emulate him. Ryan made the remarks Thursday during an evening address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California after two years of relative silence.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County residents will have an opportunity to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the heart of downtown Fort Worth. On Friday, May 28, Tarrant County Public Health will host a COVID-19 pop-up clinic from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. inside the Sundance Square Pavilion. The clinic will operate on Fridays for the…… MORE
