UPDATE: A tornado warning issued for Tarrant County has been canceled by the National Weather Service. The warning was issued shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday and while a tornado was not spotted the storm brought rain, lightning and large hail. 3 inch size hail was reported in North Ft. Worth, Keller, Flower Mound and other…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The calls for justice in the death of Marvin Scott III inside the Collin County jail are growing louder following the medical examiner’s ruling that Scott’s manner of death was “homicide.” Community reacts to ruling that manner of #MarvinScottIII was homicide. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/HxHLhoa0dL — Clayton Neville (@ClaytonNeville) April 28, 2021 Collin…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)-The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department and nonprofit One Community USA are launching a program to help reintegrate newly released inmates back into society. Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn says the “Pathways to HOPE” program lasts 18 weeks after a 40 hour class. The goal is to help them find housing, jobs and skills.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Construction has begun on the popular laid-back restaurant and backyard bar, Truck Yard, at Alliance Town Center, the 900-acre master-planned community in far north Fort Worth. Alliance Texas will be Truck Yards fifth location to open. Other locations are open in Dallas, The Colony and Houston Truck Yard will offer a relaxed environment…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas City Council unanimously approved a contract with Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) to hire and train violence interrupters in the city’s underserved neighborhoods. The violence interrupters program is a key part of Mayor Eric Johnson’s public safety agenda. The Mayor’s Task Force on Safe Communities recommended the program in its January 2020…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas family is on edge as Irving Police continue to search for 38-year-old Lashun Massey. The mother of two was last seen walking near Lake Lago de Claire in La Vallita Tuesday morning between 5:30 a.m. – 7 a.m. The current Mrs. Dallas and Mrs. Texas America pageant contestant…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Federal health officials say one Texan in every four is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also says 37% of the state’s population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. State health officials say almost 4,200 new COVID-19 cases and 49…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally. Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez is Biden’s pick for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency that has been without a Senate-confirmed leader…… MORE
Austin, Texas (AP) – The former CEO of New York’s independent electricity marketer has been named interim CEO of the manager of the electric grid serving 90% of Texas. Brad Jones has been hired for up to one year as chief executive of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT board member Mark Carpenter calls…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The 32-year-old brother of two teen sisters shot dead on New Year’s Day 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for helping his father evade arrest for the slayings for more than 12 years, prosecutors said. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said was sentenced in federal court in Fort Worth for his…… MORE
