UPDATE 3:00 PM ON 10/13/2019 – A candlelight vigil will be held for Atatiana Jefferson on Sunday evening (10/13/2019) at 7 PM at 1201 E. Allen Ave in Fort Worth. UPDATE 6:35 PM – Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price texts a statement to a reporter on our News Team: “Writing a statement like this is…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – One person has been confirmed killed and three are unaccounted for after a large portion of a hotel under construction in New Orleans suddenly collapsed. City officials and Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed the fatality Saturday. News outlets report construction workers ran to safety as the Hard Rock Hotel, which was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is stepping down, after only six months. According to President Trump McAleenan’s decision to resign is to return to the private sector and spend more time with family. Following the announcement, Vice President Mike Pence tweeted “Thank you…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says the U.S. will send several dozen fighter jets along with other aircraft and additional air defenses to Saudi Arabia to help protect the kingdom from Iranian attacks. The announcement on Friday came hours after Iran said two missiles hit one of its oil tankers traveling through the Red Sea…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Football fans in North Texas this weekend have options when it comes to getting to the Cotton Bowl for the Texas/OU game. Authorities are encouraging all fans and fair goers to use DART. The price is $6 for an all day pass. The train drops riders off at the fair gates. Riders…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas Tribune report names former congressman Pete Sessions as ‘congressman 1’ in an indictment of two Rudy Giuliani associates. Federal prosecutors on Thursday named Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman as two Florida businessmen who promised GOP political donations in an alleged conspiracy to force the removal of the U.S. Ambassador…… MORE
Dallas – Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Golf-ball-sized hail was reported in White Settlement and portions of the Fort Worth area along with gusty winds as storms moved across North Texas last night. Reports of golf-ball-sized hail in Fort Worth and White Settlement. Pics: Mallory Rae Jones (Left/Fort Worth) and Jeremy Jones Right/White Settlement) https://t.co/U8nBfaue1V pic.twitter.com/pE9lMhVWhz…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn is receiving attention for comments he made about illegal immigrants during a press briefing with other Sheriff’s and ICE officials at the White House on Thursday. The Sheriff’s were addressing challenges the legal system is posing to deportations. Waybourn pleaded with American Judges to stop delaying or preventing deportation of…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Police say Dallas-area pro-boxer Errol Spence Jr. was hurt after being ejected from his pricey Ferrari overnight. Police say Spence was driving at a high rate of speed when he crashed into a light pole on Riverfront Blvd in downtown Dallas, flipping the car around 3am . The IBF welterweight champ is…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth) – A North Texan has become the state’s first vape-related casualty. A Texas Department of Health spokesman confirmed Wednesday that an older woman died last week from a lung disease that has been associated with using e-cigarettes Where in north texas could was not disclosed. Across the state, 95 people have the illness.…… MORE
