FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Construction will soon begin on a project aimed at improving the busy University Drive in Fort Worth and improve access to the city’s cultural district. “We are focusing on improving pedestrian safety and enhancing alternative modes of transportation and bike paths as well as some enhancements to transit along the corridor,” said William…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB) has extended their agreement with Fort Worth ISD to hold Mega Mobile Markets at Herman Clark Stadium through the month of August. This will allow Tarrant area families to continually receive food assistance from this location, one of TAFB’s most consistent distribution locations of the past…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that former Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018. They called it “shocking” and a “gross abuse of power.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said in a statement Friday that…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – McKinney Police are hoping recently released surveillance video will help them catch the suspect in a rash of porch thefts. They’re hoping the public can help them identify and catch the woman caught on camera stealing residents’ packages. Investigators said one theft took place just south of El Dorado Parkway, between…… MORE
Lancaster, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Lancaster isd has confirmed that it was the target of a ransomeware attack. a hacking group known as “Grief” unloaded sensitive information like social security numbers and dates of birth to dark web, according to WFAA. Cyber-threat analyst Brett Callow says that it’s the kind of data dump that generally leads…… MORE
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop. And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning who should become a police officer today. Mass protests and calls for…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a written column for RealClearPolicy, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson touted several Dallas public safety initiatives. In the column titled, ‘We Must Make Policing Better Without ‘Defunding’ or ‘Dismantling,’ Mayor Johnson wrote that instead of talking about stripping funding from police departments for other programs amid an uptick in violent crime, local…… MORE
Wichita Falls, (AP) – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia. 28 year old Seth Pendley of Wichita Falls entered his plea before a federal magistrate judge . Pendley admitted he told an undercover FBI agent posing as an explosives supplier that he wanted to…… MORE
Van Horn (WBAP/KLIF) – At least six people were injured Thursday when an 18 wheeler cut off a Border Patrol van on a West Texas highway, and forced it off the road. Border Patrol spokesman Greg Davis says it happened on Interstate 10 about two miles east of Van Horn. Davis says the van carrying…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The FBI Dallas, Dallas Police Department, ATF and the DEA worked together on a large scale operation targeting drug trafficking and gang violence in the Fair Park area of Dallas. More than 400 Dallas law enforcement officials were involved in the take down. FBI Dallas Special Agent in charge Matthew Desarno said this…… MORE
