ERCOT issued a voluntary conservation notice asking residents to reduce electricity use from 3:00pm until 8:00pm Thursday. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas cited extreme temperatures, forecasted high demand and lower reserves due to low wind generation for the request. The Public Utility Commission of Texas echoed ERCOT’s call by asking for conservation. Both entities…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Crews in Fort Worth are working to fix a massive water main break this morning. The Fort Worth Water Department posted video of the break to social media just before 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, showing water flooding the streets along Lancaster avenue. The situation has Lancaster shut down from Henderson…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Plano police said they’re investigating an incident that went viral on social media involving two private security guards at a popular bowling alley. The department said officers responded to a report of an assault at the Plano Super Bowl on K Avenue around two a.m. Wednesday. One of the women…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Weeks after superstar Madonna’s world tour put on hold after she fell ill, new tour dates have been announced. The ‘Vogue’ singer’s “Celebration” tour will roll through Texas for six shows. All of her shows in the Lone Star State will happen in early 2024, the first four being in Dallas and…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF)- The July Consumer Price Index report shows inflation jumped by point-two-percent from month-to-month and three-point-two-percent from July 20-22 … but that’s down sharply from a year ago, when it was over nine percent year-over-year. Prices for core goods (excluding volatile gas and food prices) rose 0.2 percent in July (also at market expectations…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – UPDATE 10:48 a.m. Texas DPS said 37-year-old James Green has been apprehended. Authorities are still searching for 34-year-old Terran Green. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a Blue Alert late Wednesday night after a Harris County sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded during a traffic stop. The 29-year old deputy whose…… MORE
TERRELL (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A 16-year-old is charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a Terrell High School student before classes began Wednesday morning. It happened around 8 a.m. at the corner of Trailview Drive and Town North Drive about a mile away from the high school. The killing is said…… MORE
An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for all North and Central Texas from noon Thursday through 9 PM Friday. High temperatures will be at or above 104 degrees. Stay safe! Today Sunny and hot, with a high near 108. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Tonight Clear, with…… MORE
AUSTIN – A new filing ahead of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s upcoming Impeachment Trial claims that the impeached AG used burner phones and even had a fake Uber account to meet up with a mistress. The new filing says that Paxton and a now-indicted real estate investor used the account several times in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The extreme heat will return to North Texas Thursday and the National Weather Service is already issuing alerts. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the entire Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex starting Thursday at 12:00pm lasting through at least Friday night at 8:00pm. It will…… MORE
