PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano based J.C. Penney has released it’s list of stores that are closing. None of the stores in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area are on the list. Penney announced last month it would be closing about 13% of its stores nationwide. 9 stores across the state will be closed including ones in Athens,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The boyfriend of a Fort Worth woman, whose remains were found in far west Texas last month, has been indicted on murder charges. 26 year old Robert Fabian remains in the Brewster County jail. He is accused of killing 21 year old Zuzu Verk of Fort Worth. The Sul Ross College student disappeared…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — People celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in the Metroplex tend to have different holiday food cravings than the rest of the country. GrubHub released a study showing which foods get ordered more than usual both on the holiday and the day after. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the food that spikes the most over…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is reporting significant progress to fixing the problem with 911 ghost calls from subscribers of T-Mobile. In a statement, City Manager T. C. Broadnax says T-Mobile has so far kept its promise to commit resources until progress is made. The city is adding a dozen additional call takers…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Some customers of the North Texas Municipal Water District may smell and taste chlorine in their water for the next several weeks. The district is adding chlorine at water treatment plants in Wylie, Tawakoni and Bonham as part of it’s annual maintenance. The district’s Denise Hickey says “the purpose of adding straight…… MORE
QUINLAN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Search teams are now six days into their efforts trying to find missing retired Dallas firefighter Michael Chambers. WFAA-TV photojournalist Mike Forbes says more than 100 people have been part of the search since last Friday, with search members including active police officers to off-duty Dallas firefighters. He says the Hunt…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – One year has now passed since Fort Worth Police Officer Matt Pearce was shot in the line of duty. Pearce was shot five times by a felon during a chase in March of 2016. Pearce spent two months in the hospital and returned to desk duty in October. He met…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Senate has passed a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill” that targets transgender people, but the proposal still faces big obstacles from becoming law. The 21-10 final vote on Wednesday came over opposition from big business, the NFL and hundreds of people who packed the Texas Capitol last week during 13…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A postal worker is out of a job after Dallas city marshals found a large amount of mail dumped into a creek. Twenty pounds of unopened letters, bills other other sensitive information were found in the Cedar Creek bed in southern Dallas in the 75224, which affects residents in Oak Cliff. Marshals told…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) While the Texas Senate prepares to vote on the bill that would require everyone to use public bathrooms that match their birth gender, state leaders are speaking out. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick wants to keep traditional bathroom protocols. He says the matter transcends the transgender issue and is more about privacy. Patrick says…… MORE
