(WBAP/KLIF) — ERCOT and Tarrant County leaders held a virtual town hall, Tuesday, to address the reliability of the state’s power grid. ERCOT CEO Brad Jones says the long term plan for Texas is to increase the generation capacity. The death of 240 Texans during last February’s winter storms caused resignations among ERCOT’s governing board…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, along with a group of fellow Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters this week demanding answers from each federal agency charged with protecting Americans from terrorists like Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who held four people hostage at Beth Israel…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Music icon Elton John announced on Tuesday that his Tuesday and Wednesday night shows at the American Airlines Center were postponed. According to a John’s team, the singer tested positive for COVID-19. “It is with great regret that the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates in Dallas set for Tuesday, January 25…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Another North Texan is facing charges connected to the deadly January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Authorities arrested 26-year-old Jason Blythe of Fort Worth on Monday. He’s part of a superseding indictment that includes four other men from out of state. The Department of Justice accused Blythe in taking…… MORE
DENTON, TX, Jan. 24, 2022—Denton Police Department investigators have arrested 57-year-old Angela Downing for Murder after her 3-year-old grandson was declared dead on January 22. On Jan. 18, officers were notified by Child Protective Services (CPS) of a severely injured child being treated at a local hospital. The grandmother reported to medical staff that…… MORE
UPDATED: 1/26/22 Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge in Fort Worth on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking two railroad unions from striking. It’s a win for BNSF Railway which sought the order after unions, representing conductors and engineers — or about half of their 35-thousand workers — threatened to strike over a…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston Police Department identified, on Monday, the man wanted in connection to the shooting death of Harris County Constable Corporal Charles Galloway. According to Police, Cpl. Galloway was gunned down Sunday during a traffic stop in Houston. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that witnesses saw a man get out of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Ukrainian-Americans in DFW are asking that the world pay close attention to the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been built up on the Ukrainian border for months as Russian President Vladimir Putin makes clear his demands that no former soviet countries join NATO. According to Chrystya Geremesz,…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The ongoing COVID pandemic which has triggered a severe shortage of teachers and substitute across North Texas. In an effort to fill the gaps, Arlington ISD has announced a job expo happening this week at the Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center from 5pm-8pm. AISD is hiring in all positions from…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – As Mesquite Police work to find the person who shot and killed a local teen, city officials have planned a prayer vigil for the community tonight. 16-year-old Key’Mydre Palmer Anderson was found laying in the roadway with a gunshot wound to the chest along Clay Mathis Road near Creek Royal Drive…… MORE
