FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth is working to ensure that access to COVID-19 testing remains available as the Omicron variant continues to spread. In addition to the current testing site at the TEXRail North Side Station, new testing sites will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the FWISD Scarborough-Handley Fieldhouse…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – The Garland Police Department said late Monday that a 14-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of three teenagers inside a local convenience store had been arrested. The shooting happened Sunday night at the Texaco on Walnut Street, near Downtown Garland. According to Garland PD, surveillance video showed a suspect getting out of…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas continues to push to finish the border wall between Mexico and the United States after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehended more than 173,000 documented illegal immigrants crossed the border in November. Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton talks about conditions at the border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott debuted a new…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Another bowl game canceled due to COVID-19. SMU’s game against Virginia in the Fenway Bowl has been called off. The Mustangs’ bowl game was scheduled for Wednesday, but due to an outbreak among Virginia’s team, bowl officials decided to cancel the game. The inaugural bowl was set to take place at Fenway Park…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Holiday shopping wasn’t hampered by higher prices, product shortages or a raging new COVID-19 variant…as sales were up 10.7% compared with the 2019 pre-pandemic holiday period. Retail stores will accept gift returns, but vary on their return policies. Mastercard SpendingPulse tracks all types of payments and reported that holiday sales had risen 8.5%…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas emerged from their offensive slump, putting up 497 yards of total offense in a 56-14 throttling of the Washington football team, Sunday…on a day that saw the Cowboys clinch the NFC East title. Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott connected with 9 different receivers for 330 yards and 4 touchdowns in the win. The…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Three people have been killed and one critically injured after a shooting at Garland convenience store. According to police, the shooting occurred at around 7:30 p.m. Sunday at a Texaco station near old downtown Garland. Surveillance video showed a suspect getting out of white 4-door Dodge pickup truck and began shooting as he…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Agents with an investigative unit of the Department of Homeland Security will wear body cameras for the first time as part of a six-month pilot program that will focus on the costs and benefits of using the technology in federal law enforcement. Officials said Tuesday that the cameras will be used during…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas board has withdrawn a unanimous pardon recommendation for George Floyd over a 2004 drug arrest in Houston. The Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles says it had identified “procedural errors” in how pardons were issued this year. The same board in October had unanimously recommended that Floyd be pardoned…… MORE
Sunday Clouds and fog giving way to some sunshine. High close to 80. Sunday night Partly to mostly cloudy. Low 63…average high is 56 Monday Clouds early then gradual clearing. High 78… Monday night Becoming overcast later during the night. Low low to mid 60s Tuesday Partly sunny. High upper 70s Wednesday A few morning…… MORE
