HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate who argued that his conviction was based on junk science was executed Wednesday for the abduction, rape and killing of a suburban Houston community college student more than 20 years ago. Larry Swearingen, 48, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) FORT WORTH – A person is dead following a shooting involving Fort Worth police Wednesday night in the 5800 block of Boca Raton Boulevard in east Fort Worth near I-30 and 820, at 5:45, police said. According to police, no officers were hurt/ Around 5:45 p.m., a Fort Worth police officer spotted the person,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) FORT WORTH – UPDATE: Fort Worth Police held a press conference Thursday afternoon to show body cam video of an officer involved shooting Wednesday night on Boca Raton Boulevard in East Fort Worth. Interim Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus says police were trying to locate 18-year-old Amari Malone, a person of interest in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)-Congresswoman Kay Granger visits Fort Worth to present a federal update at a Leaders in Government Luncheon hosted by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. The event sold out with over 300 people in attendance. Granger is a leader in national defense and global security and has received numerous honors for her leadership…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Today, City Manager T.C. Broadnax was notified that Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall has been cleared by her doctor to return to work on Monday, August 26. “To ensure the success of her return while she continues to recover, I have encouraged the chief to be limited in her external activities and…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- More information is coming out about why Fort Worth’s Former Police Chief was fired. Former Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald and his attorney Stephen Kennedy have been fighting with Fort Worth City Hall in an effort to get Fitzgerald’s job back. A motion filed by Kennedy states Fitzgerald was fired just an hour…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Federal grant announced Wednesday by U.S Attorney General William Barr is aimed at reducing crime in neighborhoods across the country, including Dallas. The announcement came while the city is experiencing an increase in crime. Project Safe Neighborhoods is an initiative that allows federal, state, and local law enforcement to work together to…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – Police reports from across the country show that nearly 30 people have been arrested over threats of mass shootings since the massacre’s in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas this month that killed 31 people on August 3. Last week in Florida, a 15 year old told Police he was joking after threatening a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A profanity laced racial rant caught on video at a North Texas post office is making the rounds on social media. The video shows an elderly white man screaming at a black postal worker inside the post office at Trinity Mills and the Tollway in North Dallas. “Give me the form,” he…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A Texas death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence is facing execution for the abduction, rape and murder of a suburban Houston community college student more than 20 years ago. Larry Swearingen is set to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the December 1998 killing of 19-year-old Melissa…… MORE
