Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Eight people were shot early Sunday morning at a Fort Worth car wash. It happened about 1:30 AM at a self service car wash in the 34 hundred block of Horne Street. A police officer who just happened to be nearby heard a flurry of gunshots, and went right to the…… MORE
Rockwall (WBAP/KLIF) – Rockwall Police arrested a woman Saturday who drove her tractor in the town’s Fourth of July parade even though parade organizers told her they would not allow her to do so. They said Laurie Bostic was not able to control that tractor, so she could not participate. She drove that tractor into…… MORE
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson intends to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson’s company announced Thursday evening that its next test flight will be July 11, and its founder will be among the six people on board. The rocket ship will blast off from New Mexico.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Independence Day weekend will be a test for the 911 call center in Dallas, following recent staffing adjustments. There have been recent delays in Police response times amid a staff shortage at the call center, but with adjustments made over the last several weeks, Police Chief Eddie Garcia is confident the issues…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said this week that he’s disappointed but not surprised by Uber’s announcement to significantly reduce the number of employees at its office in Deep Ellum. Uber blamed impacts of the COVID pandemic on its decision to cut back plans for 3,000 employees in Dallas to about 500. The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Boy Scouts of America have reached an agreement with attorneys representing more than 80,000 victims of child sex abuse. The settlement with the Irving based organization is the largest of its kind in United States history at $850 million. Claims of child abuse began to arise in the 1960s. The Boy Scouts…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Humane Society of North Texas is temporarily closing all of its shelters after some dogs that had been housed at the shelters tested positive for distemper. The illness is highly contagious and potentially fatal and impacts the upper respiratory, gastrointestinal and central nervous systems in dogs. In a statement on…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Roanoke, Texas, resident Wally Funk is ready to claim a first in world history that she hoped to have achieved nearly sixty years ago. She’s about to become the first octogenarian and the oldest person in history to rocket into space. Sixty years ago she was one of the first women…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF)- With Covid-19 cases continuing to drop in North Texas, cities have planned Fourth of July holiday events for the whole family to enjoy. Here’s are some Independence Day Events Scheduled: Addison: Addison will be holding its Addison Kaboom Town! event on Saturday, July 3 at Addison Circle Park from 5:00 p.m.—12:00 a.m. This will…… MORE
DOVER, Del. (AP) – The Boy Scouts of America have reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in what could prove to be a pivotal moment in the organization’s bankruptcy case. The settlement would mark one of the largest sums in U.S. history involving cases of sexual…… MORE
