FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – A Fort Worth man has been identified as one of five employees killed following an explosion on an Oklahoma oil rig. Authorities confirmed that 35-year-old Josh Ray’s remains, along with four others, were found Tuesday, a day after the explosion at the drilling site near Quinton, Oklahoma about 100 miles southeast of…… MORE
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Friends Say Italy High School Shooter had been Bullied in the Past
ITALY, Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A tearful prayer vigin at a small North Texas church to pray for a girl wounded in a shooting at the town’s high school. The vigil Monday night at Central Baptist Church in Italy was held to bring comfort to residents in the town of about 2,000 in the wake of…… MORE
Firefighters Have Contained Massive Grassfires in Parker County
PARKER COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Firefighters have contained a series of massive grass fires in Parker and Grayson Counties Monday. The Texas Forest service said gusty winds of up to 30 mph help spread the blaze across 1,000 acres. Parker County Judge Mark Riley gave an update shortly after 5 p.m. He said he declared a…… MORE
House Passes Bill to End Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP/WBAP/KLIF News) – The House passed a bill Monday afternoon that would fund federal agencies through February 8th. The 266-150 vote came hours after the Senate passed the bill. The move marks the potential end of a government shutdown that began Saturday after Democrats derailed a Republican measure that would have kept government open until…… MORE
Rawlings on Amazon Headquarters: “We’re not going to shy away from this table”
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Mayor of Dallas says North Texas has as good a shot as any when it comes to landing Amazon’s second headquarters. Mayor Mike Rawlings told WFAA TV’s “Inside Texas Politics” Dallas-Fort Worth has the financial edge over all of the east coast cities on Amazon’s short list, but that they…… MORE
Guilty Verdict Reached in Murder of Dallas Teen
DALLAS(WBAP/KLIF)- Guilty is the verdict for the man accused of murdering an 18-year-old Dallas teen. 36-year-old Antonio Cochran was found guilty on a charge of murder in court Saturday in the slaying of Zoe Hastings, who disappeared in October of 2015 after she went to return a video and go to church in the Lake…… MORE
Government Closes As Lawmakers Negotiate Spending Deal
(CNN) – The federal government shut down at midnight Friday as senators continued to scramble to reach a deal to fund the government. This is the first modern government shutdown with Congress and the White House controlled by the same party, and it comes on the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Trump’s White…… MORE
WATCH: Woman Fights Off Suspected Serial Grand Prairie Groper, Police Ask Public to Help Catch Him
Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF) – Grand Prairie Police are looking for a serial sexual assault suspect who groped at least two women in parking lots last Saturday, January 13. The suspect first attacked a woman about 2:00 PM in the parking lot of a Dollar Tree store on Main Street. About an hour and a half later…… MORE
Candidate for Dallas County Commissioner Precinct 2 Accuses Opponent of Bribery
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A candidate running for Dallas County Commissioner’s Precinct 2 is accusing his opponent of offering him a bribe to drop out of the race. Stephen Stanley said J.J. Koch told him he would pay his campaign debt if he left the race for a seat currently occupied by Mike Cantrell. Stanley released a…… MORE
Lawsuit Filed Against Mesquite Police Officer Who Critically Wounded an Unarmed Motorist
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite man who was shot by a police officer while breaking into his own truck has filed a federal lawsuit against the city. Lyndo Jones said former Mesquite police officer Derick Wiley used excessive force when unlawfully arresting him in November. Wiley said Jones tried evading arrest after a scuffle, but JONES said Wiley…… MORE
