Schertz, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An overnight explosion has taken place at a fed ex shipping facility near San Antonio. The FBI and several law enforcement agencies are investigating a package that exploded around midnight at a FedEx ground building in Schertz, which is located between Austin and San Antonio. Sources say the package was bound…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Monday, the release of $265,500 in emergency funding for the Austin Police Department and the Texas Ranger Bomb Response Team to purchase seven portable x-ray systems for use in bomb detection and responding to suspicious package investigations following a series of explosions since March 2. The x-ray systems…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Two people have been injured in another explosion in Texas’ capital. Officials responded to an explosion possibly triggered by a tripwire in Southwest Austin Sunday night they believe might be connected to three other blasts around the city during the month of March, Austin police confirmed at a press conference. The latest attack…… MORE
WICHITA FALLS(WBAP/KLIF)- Firefighters from several cities in the metroplex, including Frisco, Plano and flower mound headed out Saturday to help fight wild fires in the panhandle. Close to two dozen men and women will be stationed at Wichita Falls for the next seven days. Over 20,000 acres have burned within the last week due to…… MORE
HOOD COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search for a chemical plant employee in Hood County is now a recovery effort following Thursday’s explosion and fire at the Tri-Chem Industries Plant near Cresson. The missing worker has been identified as 27-year-old Dylan Mitchell. Cresson Mayor and Assistant Fire Chief Bob Cornett said Johnson County is assisting the…… MORE
Collin County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Some Colling County residents are concerned about the strong chlorine smell in the drinking water. From Frisco to McKinney to Plano, residents say they are concerned about it. A number of plano residents reached out to environmental icon Erin Brockovich, who says in a Facebook Post that she wants answers.…… MORE
(CNN) — Multiple people have died as a result of a pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University in Miami, according to a spokesman with the Florida Highway Patrol. Several agencies have responded to the scene. Lt. Alejandro Camacho, the Florida Highway Patrol spokesman, said “five to six vehicles” were crushed underneath the bridge. A spokeswoman…… MORE
HOOD COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – New details have been revealed about what led up to an explosion at a chemical plant in Hood County Thursday morning. Two people were injured and 27-year-old Dillon Mitchell is still missing following the fire at the Tri-Chem Industries Plant at 2600 Cresson Highway about 25 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The Hood…… MORE
HOOD COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – New details have been revealed about what led up to an explosion at a chemical plant in Hood County Thursday morning. Two people were injured and 27-year-old Dillon Mitchell is still missing following the fire at the Tri-Chem Industries Plant at 2600 Cresson Highway about 25 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department got an early Christmas present Wednesday — new body armor to protect against high powered rifles like the one used in the 2016 downtown ambush. Officers have been asking for the gear for several years to keep in police vehicles in the event of an attack. Dallas…… MORE
