WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s February Jobs Report showed American employers added 311,000 jobs last month despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to to slow down the economy and bring down inflation. That number is higher than economists had expected. The report also shows February’s unemployment rate rose slightly to…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLID) – Fort Worth police are looking for two suspects accused of orchestrating two prank robberies late last month. According to the department, a man is seen on video entering a Family Dollar store on Hulen Avenue with something that resembled a gun on February 25. Police say the man pointed the object…… MORE
Update Friday: HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate convicted of the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago, including a woman who was 9-months pregnant. Arthur Brown Jr., 52, insisted he was innocent before receiving a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The mother accused of killing her three children in Italy, Texas, now faces additional charges. 25-year-old Shamaiya Hall already faces three capital murder charges for killing six-year-old Legend Chapell and five-year-old twins Aliyah and Ayden Martin. Now authorities have added two charges of aggravated assault for stabbing her two other children, a four…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that B. Chad Yarbrough has been selected as the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office. According to the FBI’s Melinda Urbina, Yarbrough comes from Washington D.C., where he was Deputy Assistant Director in the Criminal Investigative Fivision. Yhe search took a total five months and…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Tarrant County Sheriffs Office is warning residents about an increase in reports of a scam involving innocent private purchases of stolen GM Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks. Investigators said in the majority of the cases, Spanish-speaking victims are the target. Sheriff Bill Waybourn said the fraudsters are…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Fired staffers from the Texas Attorney General’s office are back in the news. Lawyers for former employees of Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked the Texas Supreme Court court to take up their whistleblower case again, over concern that their $3.3M settlement deal may be unraveling. In 2020 the former deputies to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Dallas Police Department is asking the public to help identify the suspect in a April 2022 murder. They’ve released surveillance footage and an image of the suspect’s car. Investigators said on April 10, 2022, at around 11:25 a.m., 24-year-old Ja Meesia Anderson-Busby was shot and killed in the 9800…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — After serving as the top government official in Dallas County since 2011, Judge Clay Jenkins is changing his name…sort of. Many have asked the question what’s in a name? For Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins it’s love and respect. Jenkins has lived in the forefront of politics since 2011 as judge in…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Grapevine now has a new weapon in detouring intersection take-overs. Police Chief Mike Hamlin petitioned the Grapevine City Council to amend the traffic ordinance after an intersection take-over in the city. The city council voted unanimously to add a provision to the ordinance to go after organizers, spectators, and drivers of the unlawful…… MORE
