ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas couple is back home in Arlington after being caught in the crossfire of war, while on vacation in Israel. On the day of the attacks by Hamas on Israel, Barbara Mittler and her husband, Marc Notari were in Jerusalem when rockets went off, forcing them to take cover in…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — One of the fastest growing job markets in the country has another 300 positions open. With 324 locations across the United States and Canada, the Cheesecake Factory is opening its 7th location in DFW. The Texas economy continues to boom with expansion in North Texas pushing out on all sides. Now, Denton County…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Jordan, of Ohio, will now try to unite colleagues from the deeply divided House GOP majority around his bid ahead…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A man reportedly fired a gun as he walked outside on Bluebonnet Circle in Fort Worth, Thursday. Witnesses called 911 at around 2:20 p.m. to report a man walking through traffic and firing a gun. Fort Worth Police responded with a SWAT team responded and arrested a suspect. One witness told the Star-Telegram…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — West Fort Worth is getting a state-of-the-art fire station. The City of Fort Worth broke ground, Thursday, on a $9-million fire station in the Walsh Ranch Neighborhood. Mayor Mattie Parker and the city council are continuing to make good on a promise to improve fire safety with construction soon to begin on a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The White House has raised the number of Americans killed in the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel to 27, with 14 Americans still unaccounted for. Meanwhile, the death toll of Saturday’s attack and fighting in the following days has reached 1,300 in Israel, while Palestinian officials say they’ve lost about 1,400 citizens in…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nominated to be House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise is heading straight into a familiar Republican problem: Skeptical GOP colleagues are reluctant to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel. The House opened its Thursday session at midday in anticipation of floor action to elect a speaker,…… MORE
UPDATE 6:40 A.M. : Midlothian police arrested 20-year-old suspect Noah Solomon Gulzar in connection to the kidnapping of an elderly couple this week. Gulzar is facing a litany of charges including two counts of Aggravated Kidnapping with a Deadly Weapon, two counts of Aggravated Robbery, two counts of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity with a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas teachers union is upset that the Special Legislative Session called by Governor Greg Abbott has no mention of teacher pay raises on the agenda. The Texas Legislature is tackling the issue of school vouchers during a third special session this week, however that has rubbed statewide teachers the wrong way. Nicole…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas and six other states will witness an annual solar eclipse this Saturday. The Ring of Fire eclipse will occur between 11:13 a.m. and 12:13 p.m. on Saturday, October 14th, as the DFW area will experience an 80% partial eclipse. In conjunction with the eclipse, the Perot Museum‘s Linda Silver says they’re holding…… MORE
