WBAP/KLIF – Arlington, Fort Worth and Mansfield Police departments are seeking a serial aggravated robbery suspect who has robbed more than one dozen mostly drugstores across the Metroplex. Arlington Police Department seeks the public’s help with tips. Following most robberies at different CVS Drug store locations, the suspect robbed a Walmart store in Arlington Friday…… MORE
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Multiple Metroplex Police Departments Seek Serial Aggravated Robbery Suspect
WBAP/KLIF – Arlington, Fort Worth and Mansfield Police departments are seeking a serial aggravated robbery suspect who has robbed more than one dozen mostly drugstores across the Metroplex. Arlington Police Department seeks the public’s help with tips. Following most robberies at different CVS Drug store locations, the suspect robbed a Walmart store in Arlington Friday…… MORE
Austin Officials Cancel South by Southwest Festival
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin city officials have canceled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler on Friday announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the novel coronavirus, effectively canceling the annual event. The announcement comes days after several high-profile companies pulled out of the festival,…… MORE
Trump Surveys Tornado Damage, Marvels at ‘Tremendous Heart’
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – President Donald Trump has toured a neighborhood in Tennessee reduced to rubble by a tornado earlier this week and marveled at “the tremendous heart” he witnessed. He also offered a message for survivors and those who lost family members, saying: “We love them, they’re special people.” Trump assumed the role of…… MORE
Plano Woman Accused of Selling Alcohol to Three Teens Killed in Fiery Crash
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – There’s been an arrest stemming from the fiery car crash that killed three Plano teens last month. Plano Police arrested 36-year-old Yu Gao, a waitress at Focus BBQ on West Springcreek Parkway, for allegedly selling alcohol to the boys in the early morning hours of February 17th. The three teens were…… MORE
President Trump Signs $8.3B Bill to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence. But the White House said Friday that Trump…… MORE
Someone Thought Buc-ee’s Beaver Nugget Beer Would Taste Good … Then …
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Beer made with Buc-ee’s famous beaver nuggets will soon be a thing from a Fort Worth brewing company. Ryan McWhorter, owner of Panther Island Brewing tells WFAA-TV that a 12-gallon test batch of the beer sold out in two hours. “We were just sitting around eating beaver nuggets and I was…… MORE
Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Ban on Straight-Ticket Voting in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democrats are suing Texas elections officials in an effort to stop a new ban on straight-ticket voting in 2020. The lawsuit filed Thursday comes after long lines this week snaked out of polling centers in Houston on Super Tuesday. Some voters waited more than an hour, and Democrats are claims that…… MORE
Blue Bell Ice Cream Licker Gets Jail Time
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) – A 24-year-old man has drawn a 30-day jail term for posting on social media a video of himself removing an ice cream container from a Texas market freezer, licking the contents and returning the container to the freezer. D’Adrien Anderson also was sentenced Wednesday to an additional six-month jail term…… MORE
Three Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials confirmed the first three cases of coronavirus in the nation’s third-largest county Thursday, saying the three were on a trip to Egypt with multiple people, including a fourth man from a nearby suburb who a day earlier became the first Texan to have a positive test result outside of persons…… MORE
