Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington police are investigating a road rage shooting last night. It happened around 7:45 p.m. on Six Flags Drive just off Highway 360. According to WFAA-TV, one of the drivers involved told police that a motorist cut him off. Both drivers then reportedly exited, pulled up next to each other and…… MORE
DFW (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas and Collin Counties are Receiving $22 Million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. President and CEO of Housing Forward, Joli Robinson says the funds will help further many of their system goals by providing housing and supportive services for those who are unhoused. A portion of the money…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carroll ISD Board of Trustees, and conservative state lawmakers, have an ask of other Texas school districts. Carroll ISD recently cut ties with the Texas Association of School Boards, citing “woke” diversity and inclusion policies. State Rep Nat Schatlzine of Fort Worth said during a Monday press conference at the State…… MORE
HOOD COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) -An inmate in the Hood County Jail was found dead in his cell Saturday. 58-year-old Jeffrey McLaughlin was jailed in connection with the January 1, 2023 death of his wife, former assistant Hood County prosecutor Venisa Maria McLaughlin. According to the Hood County Sheriff’s Office, staff requested paramedics for an…… MORE
CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carrollton Police Department is investigating a deadly wrong way crash that happened early Sunday morning on I-35E near President George Bush Turnpike. Carrollton police said three vehicles were involved in the crash after one of them drove northbound on the southbound lanes. The driver of the wrong way vehicle and one…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A popular, DFW-area Tex-Mex restaurant has closed. Matt’s Rancho Martinez on Skillman Street, a little west of White Rock Lake, served its last meals Sunday afternoon. Owner Nicholas Martinez says his family is tired of leasing, and from now on intends to own its restaurant sites. The Martinez’s do already have two…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Walmart is laying off more than 1,000 workers at its e-commerce fulfillment center in Fort Worth. The layoffs are part of a nationwide series of cutbacks and consolidations Walmart is making as the economy recovers. Walmart says it is eliminating weekend and evening shifts that it put in place to deal…… MORE
Grapevine (WBAP/KLIF) – Grapevine Police have arrested a suspect for a road rage shooting Friday that occurred a little north of DFW Airport. 30 year old Brandon Rutt faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Grapevine Police say Rutt became enraged when a woman pulled in front of him on State Highway…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Senator John Cornyn was one of a dozen members of Congress who were in Mexico City recently for a meeting with that country’s President. Cornyn told WFAA-TV’s “Inside Texas Politics” the idea was to focus on improving security along our common border. Cornyn says they reached no new agreements, but the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A team of volunteers from the Texas Baptist Men is on its way to Little Rock, Arkansas to help with tornado recovery. Spokesman John Hall says they’re taking special, self-contained mobile kitchens to feed the tornado victims and first responders. He says at first they were told they’d be feeding about three…… MORE
