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Scattered Showers and Storms to Impact NTX Today and Thursday.

Scattered Showers and Storms to Impact NTX Today and Thursday.

The most likely rainfall amounts through Thursday will range from a half inch to an inch and a half over North Texas to a quarter to three-quarters inch over Central Texas. On Friday the front will finally clear the region with more sunshine and highs in the 60s and 70s with lows in the 50s.…MORE

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Students Submit Plan of Action Surrounding Fentanyl

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Students Submit Plan of Action Surrounding Fentanyl

CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Parents and community activists met with the Interim Superintendent for Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD on Monday regarding recent Fentanyl poisonings in the district. In February, three alleged drug dealers were Federally charged for their alleged involvement in dealing fake oxy pills laced with Fentanyl to students at R.L Turner High School and Dan…MORE

Suspect in Shootout with Garland Police Dies

Suspect in Shootout with Garland Police Dies

GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – The suspect in an officer involved shooting in Garland died after being taken to a local hospital, according to Garland Police. The department said Tuesday that Officers were trying to pull over 32-year-old Adrian Castillo in a routine traffic stop near Jupiter Road and Forest Lane Monday evening. Castillo led Police on…MORE

2 Kidnapped Americans Found Dead in Mexico, 2 Others Alive

2 Kidnapped Americans Found Dead in Mexico, 2 Others Alive

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official says two U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction Friday in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead and two others were alive. Tamaulipas Gov. Am豩co Villarreal said Tuesday that one of the surviving U.S. citizens was wounded and the other was not. The…MORE

White Settlement: $1M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in 2022 Truck Into Home Crash

White Settlement: $1M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in 2022 Truck Into Home Crash

White Settlement, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A White Settlement mother has filed a $1M dollar lawsuit in herself and her husband in connection with a crash last year that killed their daughter. 18-year old Katey Kirkland was killed when a pickup truck crashed their home last August. Katey’s father, Kevin Kirkland, was rushed to a hospital…MORE

Mostly Sunny & Warm Day; Chance of Thunderstorms Tonight With Hail Possible

Mostly Sunny & Warm Day; Chance of Thunderstorms Tonight With Hail Possible

Fog is expected across much of the area this morning and may be dense at times, especially across Central Texas. However, any fog should dissipate by midday, making way to partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will warm into the mid 70s to low 80s this afternoon. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase…MORE

Man Charged in Killing of Athena Strand Pleads Not Guilty

Man Charged in Killing of Athena Strand Pleads Not Guilty

WISE COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The man charged in the kidnapping and killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand entered a non guilty plea on Monday in a Wise County courtroom. According to an arrest affidavit out of Wise County, then contracted FedEx driver Tanner Horner admitted to accidentally hitting Athena Strand with his truck before strangling her…MORE

State Lawmaker Files Bills Prompted by Methodist Hospital Killings

State Lawmaker Files Bills Prompted by Methodist Hospital Killings

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – State Representative Rafael Anchía announced the filing of a legislative package on Monday in Dallas that, if passed, would increase public safety in response to the Dallas Methodist Hospital shooting that killed two healthcare workers, Jacqueline Pokuaa and Annette Flowers, last October. The alleged shooter was out of jail on parole and…MORE

Texas Tech Suspends Basketball Coach Mark Adams Over Racially Insensitive Comment

Texas Tech Suspends Basketball Coach Mark Adams Over Racially Insensitive Comment

LUBBOCK, Texas AP — Texas Tech suspended coach Mark Adams on Sunday over “an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment” he made to a player. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he was made aware of the incident Friday and issued a written reprimand before deciding to suspend Adams to investigate further. The incident occurred in a…MORE