FORT WORTH (WBAP & KLIF News) — Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price has now met with a mother gone viral in a December video involving a Fort Worth police officer. Jacqueline Craig and her attorney are looking to have officer William Martin fired from the Fort Worth Police Department after a video went viral showing…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott says Dallas County Commissioners are “gambling with the safety of their citizens” by passing a resolution that welcomes undocumented immigrants into the county. “Texas is going to bring the hammer down on Dallas County,” Governor Abbott said. The Texas Senate recently passed Senate Bill 4, which creates a number of…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) -The man associated with the plot against an Anti-Islamic cartoon contest in Garland two year ago is headed to prison. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars. Prosecutors were seeking a life sentence. Investigators say Kareen watched videos depicting violence by jihadists with the two shooters and encouraged…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Senate has voted to punish cities and counties that refuse to work with federal immigration authorities. The “Sanctuary Cities” bill passed 20-10, along party lines. “Government’s role is to protect good and punish evil,” says Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), who wrote the bill. “Provide a basis for social stability.”…… MORE
ALPINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Less than a week after authorities made an arrest in the murder of a Keller woman from West Texas, new details about Zuzu Verk’s last days have emerged. Verk, a Sul Ross University student, vanished October 12 and her remains were recently found in a shallow grave near Alpine. According to…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Senate has unanimously approved an ethics measure that would require lawmakers and lobbyists to give more information about their work together. Senate Bill 14 would require lawmakers who leave office to wait one session before becoming a lobbyist. The measure would also require lobbyists to disclose more information about…… MORE
SAN MARCOS (WBAP/KLIF News) – An official university investigation into the Texas State University fraternity part where a student from Burleson died revealed an out of control party that was a recipe for disaster. Jordin Talyor was fatally hit and dragged more than 500 feet by a shuttle bus that was leaving the Cool River Ranch,…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking the state’s top law enforcement officers to help locate Tom Brady’s missing game jersey, which disappeared from the New England Patriots’ locker room after the Super Bowl. The Republican said in a statement Monday that Brady’s jersey “was stolen” after the Patriots beat the…… MORE
BREWSTER COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – According to the Brewster County Sheriff’s Department remains found in a shallow grave northwest of Alpine last week are those of missing college student Zuzu Verk of Keller. Police had been searching for the woman since she disappeared in October. Her boyfriend, Robert Fabian, was arrested Saturday and charged with tampering…… MORE
ROWLETT (WBAP/KLIF News) The water tower in Rowlett that became an icon of the tornado-ravaged town was torn down Monday. While the tower on Martha Lane took a direct hit from the December 2015 twister, it stayed erect but has since become unstable. Crews cut the base to guide the tower down. The city downplayed the…… MORE
