AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former president of Blue Bell Creameries has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly trying to cover up a 2015 listeria outbreak linked to the company’s ice cream that killed three people in Kansas and sickened several others, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. A federal grand jury in Austin returned a seven-count…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County is now ‘No Refusal’ all the time. That means drivers pulled over for suspected impaired driving who refuse to take a routine breathalyzer test will be subject to a court-ordered blood test instead. This program began as a special effort launched around holidays when people were most likely to drink…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The killings of two homeless men in Dallas are part of a growing number of murders in the city, according to Police. The murder rate in Dallas is currently significantly higher higher than this time last year. Dallas Police Department Assistant Chief, Avery Moore said Wednesday during a virtual call with reporters…… MORE
A North Texas Mayor is self-isolating out of concern he was exposed to COVID-19. McKinney Mayor George Fuller was sitting at the dais in this week’s City Council meeting when he got a text from a friend who told the Mayor he had tested positive for COVID-19. “Upon learning I had been around him I…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Houston teenager is gaining national attention for his efforts on helping getting rapid COVID-19 tests to his community. 18-year-old high school senior Taft Foley III, who is also a certified EMT, co-founded a mobile lab that can provide rapid COVID-19 test results within 15 minutes. He said the decision to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — After a terrible start to their season punctuated by an embarrassing blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday the Dallas Cowboys are reportedly griping about their coaches. According to NFL Network reporter Jane Slater some players say the coaches deserve at least partial blame for the team’s 2-4 start. Slater…… MORE
Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – J.C. Penney says it expects to emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy late next month, but its new owners will not take on the company’s pension plan. Indiana-based Simon and Brookfield will turn over Penney’s fully funded pension plan to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). it will also nix all other…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas coach Tom Herman said there is no mandate for his players to stay on the field for the traditional post-game singing of the school song. Herman was forced to answer more questions about the song after athletic director Chris Del Conte called it an “expectation” that players stay together on…… MORE
Washington/AP (WBAP/KLIF) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin engaged in fast-paced negotiations on Tuesday to cut a deal on a major relief package that could pass before Election Day — but Senate Republicans continued to throw cold water on any deal with the enormous price tag envisioned by Democrats and President…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Just over a year after Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed by police in her Fort Worth home, The Fort Worth City Council is proposing to remember her legacy by renaming a street after her. The major thoroughfare to be named after Jefferson would run from Interstate 35 West to East…… MORE
