Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Beer made with Buc-ee’s famous beaver nuggets will soon be a thing from a Fort Worth brewing company. Ryan McWhorter, owner of Panther Island Brewing tells WFAA-TV that a 12-gallon test batch of the beer sold out in two hours. “We were just sitting around eating beaver nuggets and I was…… MORE
Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Ban on Straight-Ticket Voting in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democrats are suing Texas elections officials in an effort to stop a new ban on straight-ticket voting in 2020. The lawsuit filed Thursday comes after long lines this week snaked out of polling centers in Houston on Super Tuesday. Some voters waited more than an hour, and Democrats are claims that…… MORE
Blue Bell Ice Cream Licker Gets Jail Time
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) – A 24-year-old man has drawn a 30-day jail term for posting on social media a video of himself removing an ice cream container from a Texas market freezer, licking the contents and returning the container to the freezer. D’Adrien Anderson also was sentenced Wednesday to an additional six-month jail term…… MORE
Three Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials confirmed the first three cases of coronavirus in the nation’s third-largest county Thursday, saying the three were on a trip to Egypt with multiple people, including a fourth man from a nearby suburb who a day earlier became the first Texan to have a positive test result outside of persons…… MORE
Denton Police Release UNT Student Shooting Video
(WBAP/KLIF) — Darius Tarver was on the deans list at the university of North Texas set to graduate in May. However, a tragic night in January found the 23 year old shot dead by police. Denton Police Chief Frank Dixon says officers tried to end the incident peacefully. The student had attacked police with a meat…… MORE
Dallas County Census Leaders Ramping Up Efforts to Ensure Participation in the 2020 Census
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas County is launching the “Dallas County Counts 2020” campaign to encourage residents to fill out the U.S. Census and to inform them of key U.S. Census dates, procedures and general information to ensure an accurate count of all residents, especially those in communities that are traditionally hard to count. An undercount puts…… MORE
Canadian-Based Electric Car Company Looking at Opening Manufacturing Plant in Fort Worth, Bringing 200 Jobs
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Canadian-based electric car company is looking at opening an assembly site and engineering technical center in Fort Worth. ElectraMeccanica has narrowed down it’s search and Fort Worth is one of six cities on that list of prospects. “Starting out we are looking to employ around 200 people,” said CEO Paul Rivera. “It going to be…… MORE
Houston Officials Confirm First 2 Cases of Coronavirus
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston officials say they’ve confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus in the nation’s third-largest county. The announcement Thursday came one day after a man in the nearby suburb of Fort Bend County became the first Texan with a positive test result outside of those repatriated from abroad. Harris County Public…… MORE
American Airlines Cancels All Flights From DFW to Seoul, South Korea
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Just weeks after canceling flights to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing, American Airlines has now canceled all flights from DFW to Seoul, South Korea due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus. Airline consultant Denny Kelly thinks this was the right thing to do. “It’s the smartest thing to do. They have…… MORE
Texas Instruments Cancels Major International Conference in Dallas Due to Coronavirus
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The rapidly spreading Coronavirus has forced multiple major crowd events across the country to cancel. The latest one to fall victim is the Texas Instruments International Conference at the Dallas Convention Center, which draws a crowd of thousands from different countries. Texas Instruments released the following statement. “In light of the growing…… MORE
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