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FWPD Need Help Identifying a Suspected Bank Robber

FWPD Need Help Identifying a Suspected Bank Robber

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department is looking for a bank robbery suspect. Police say the robbery happened around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Unity One Credit Union at 4625 north Tarrant Parkway. The suspect reportedly gave a note to an employee demanding cash. The employee complied and the…MORE

FWPD Need Help Identifying a Suspected Bank Robber

FWPD Need Help Identifying a Suspected Bank Robber

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department is looking for a bank robbery suspect. Police say the robbery happened around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at the Unity One Credit Union at 4625 north Tarrant Parkway. The suspect reportedly gave a note to an employee demanding cash. The employee complied and the…MORE

Gunman Shoots 3 at Texas Fair Before Being Shot by Deputies; All Hospitalized

Gunman Shoots 3 at Texas Fair Before Being Shot by Deputies; All Hospitalized

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a gunman shot three people, including two first responders, at the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo in Texas before he was shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies. Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas says that just before 11 p.m. Monday a man opened fire on county deputies working off-duty at the…MORE

Fiona Barrels Toward Turks and Caicos as Cat. 3 Hurricane; At Least 2 Fatalities

Fiona Barrels Toward Turks and Caicos as Cat. 3 Hurricane; At Least 2 Fatalities

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew. Forecasters said Fiona was expected to pass near Grand Turk, the British territory’s capital island, on this morning. Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on…MORE

Bexar County Sheriff Investigating Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Bexar County Sheriff Investigating Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff on Monday opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Monday did not say what laws may have been broken in putting 48 Venezuelans on private planes last week from San…MORE

Dallas Doctor Accused of Tampering With IV Bags Remains Behind Bars

Dallas Doctor Accused of Tampering With IV Bags Remains Behind Bars

The judge in the case said there is no combination of conditions that would “reasonably ensure the safety” of the community if Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr is let out on bail. Ortiz is jailed accused of injecting heart-stopping drugs into IV bags that were used on patients he was not treating at a Baylor…MORE

Dallas Doctor Accused of Tampering With IV Bags Remains Behind Bars

Dallas Doctor Accused of Tampering With IV Bags Remains Behind Bars

The judge in the case said there is no combination of conditions that would “reasonably ensure the safety” of the community if Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr is let out on bail. Ortiz is jailed accused of injecting heart-stopping drugs into IV bags that were used on patients he was not treating at a Baylor…MORE

Dallas Mayor Launches New Youth Ticket Program

Dallas Mayor Launches New Youth Ticket Program

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson unveiled the Mayor’s Youth Sports Ticket Program on Monday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The initiative was created to welcome local youth to area professional sporting events at no charge. According to the Mayor, Dallas residents between the ages of 12 and 17 are eligible to…MORE

COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Pop-Up Clinic Open in Fort Worth Today

COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Pop-Up Clinic Open in Fort Worth Today

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – State and local health officials are urging North Texans who are eligible to take advantage of a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic in Fort Worth today. The clinic is part of the Texas Department of State Health Service’s education campaign at select Walmart locations. The push comes in the wake…MORE

Family of American Says He was Freed by Taliban in Swap

Family of American Says He was Freed by Taliban in Swap

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released, his family said Monday, as a Taliban drug lord jailed by the United States was also freed and returned to Kabul. Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who had spent more than a decade in…MORE