FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — The City of Fort Worth says it’s opening shelters for Harvey evacuees and is ready to take in about 1,000 people, if necessary. A wave of evacuees is expected to arrive sometime Tuesday morning by bus. They’ll be routed through the Wilkerson-Greines Athletic Center and will either stay there or…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas is preparing to open up the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for South Texas evacuees on Tuesday. The city opened three shelters over the weekend, all at local rec centers: Walnut Hill, Tommie Allen, and Samuel Grand. The first two filled their 300-person capacity within days. The Red Cross is…… MORE
(CNN) – Hurricane Harvey made landfall Friday night between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. Harvey is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the US since 2004. The time for dire warnings, how Hurricane Harvey is life-threatening…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Airbnb is offering free rooms for both those evacuating Hurricane Harvey and first responders heading to the Texas coast. It’s part of their disaster response program, which Airbnb began back in 2012 when Tropical Storm Sandy hit the east coast. The program has been activated through September 1st. A spokesperson with…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The shortage of school bus drivers in Dallas County is on the mend. Earlier this summer, the county was about 200 drivers short of its goal. But as of Wednesday, that number has dropped to less than 100. “It’s very good, because that’s across all of our districts,” Giddens said of…… MORE
SINGAPORE (AP) – The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet says a number of remains of Navy sailors were found in a compartment of the USS John McCain, a day after the warship’s collision with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters left 10 sailors missing. Adm. Scott Swift also said at a news conference…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Rescue crews have suspended their search for five missing soldiers, one of them a Texan, after an Army helicopter likely crashed near Hawaii last week. 32-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Cantrell was from Wichita Falls and is among the five who were on a training mission when their chopper went missing.…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Four Confederate monuments on the campus at the University of Texas at Austin were taken down overnight Monday. The school’s president issued a statement, which can be read here, saying he wanted to move them from their pedestals because the events in Charlottesville more than a week ago have made the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Thousands of demonstrators have gathered at Dallas City Hall Plaza for an anti White Nationalist rally. Some counter protesters are demonstrating at the event but are outnumbered by their opposition. The Dallas Police Department has gone to great lengths to secure the area. Buses and utility trucks are parked on streets and on…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — Divers have been searching for a 15-year-old boy who disappeared into the Trinity River near the East 4th St. Bridge in Fort Worth late Thursday afternoon. Two dive teams worked until 9:00 pm Thursday night and will resume the search Friday morning. Searchers said the water was murky and that…… MORE
