JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The North Texas man convicted of shooting a Burleson police officer and killing a woman he carjacked in 2021 has been sentenced to death row. A Johnson County jury found 31-year-old Jerry Elders guilty of capital murder for the death of 60-year-old Robin Waddell last week. He shot Officer…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Northwest Independent School District will have additional security and counselors on hand for the rest of the week, after two students were arrested for creating an online document outlining an attack plan a school in far north Fort Worth. The district said a parent alerted Wilson Middle School…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Fort Worth police are searching for the gunman who shot up an apartment complex along the 3600 block of Las Vegas Trail just north of Camp Bowie Boulevard Wednesday night. Investigators said at least six people were shot, including four children, outside the Miramar Apartments and Townhomes. Officers arrived…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas state troopers with Department of Public Safety are moving in to the University of Texas at Dallas campus to break up a pro-Palestinian demonstration rallying against the Israel-Hamas war underway in Gaza. No physical altercations are reported at this time despite several arrests. No injuries are reported, though chanting by…… MORE
Exclusive to WBAP/KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – An explosion of emergency calls for help with overdoses and eight related deaths in just two days in Austin, Texas, may be tied to two new street drug additives experts believe cartels may be “test marketing”. Now understood to be on the streets and under…… MORE
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Classes are canceled at Southlake Carroll High School and Carroll Senior High School on Wednesday after the district received a tip about a potential threat. Carroll ISD said the threat was received through the district’s “STOPit System” overnight and was isolated to Carroll High School. However, some students take classes…… MORE
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Classes are canceled at Southlake Carroll High School and Carroll Senior High School on Wednesday after the district received a tip about a potential threat. Carroll ISD said the threat was received through the district’s “STOPit System” overnight and was isolated to Carroll High School. However, some students take classes…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law into law Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that also includes a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in U.S. The announcement marks an end to long, painful battle…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – An Austin man has been arrested in connection to two fires in Frisco, including a massive blaze that damaged eight homes in the Chapel Creek Estates near Memorial Drive Monday afternoon. Investigators said 29-year-old Jonathan Webb was seen on surveillance video near the scene of the three-alarm fire that destroyed…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Defense attorneys countered, calling Trump “innocent” and saying the Manhattan district attorney’s office “should never have brought this case.” The commencement of the proceedings…… MORE
