FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Black Chamber, The Fort worth Hispanic Chamber and The Fort Worth chamber have signed a memorandum of understanding to unite and further develop the city’s economy. “The chambers and the City of Fort Worth are working closer together to better unify the business community while creating economic prosperity for…… MORE
Fort Worth City Leaders Appeal Judge Orders for Questioning in Case against Former Police Chief
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth will meet with a district judge Wednesday after appealing an order to have witnesses for questioning. Associate Judge Monica Purdy ordered city leaders to be questioned and show documents the city allegedly hid in the case against former police chief Joel Fitzgerald. A motion filed by Fitzgerald’s…… MORE
Fort Worth Councilman Questions City Spending Ahead of $2 Billion Budget Vote
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The city of Fort Worth will soon vote on a proposed $2 billion budget, but one councilman thinks they could save millions of dollars by cutting back on a few things. District 4 councilman Cary Moon says he would ultimately like to bring the budget down to 8 to 16 million dollars.…… MORE
McConnell says He’s Waiting on Trump to Chart Path on Guns
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation following another mass shooting in Texas. Asked about a Senate vote on House-passed legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases, McConnell says, “The administration is in the process of studying…… MORE
Grapevine Police Investigating Bomb Threat at Cross Timbers Middle School, Students and Staff Evacuated
Update at 5:00pm: Students and staff were allowed back inside by lunch. Police stayed on campus after additional threats were received by the school. A threat was also received by the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Administration Building. The district says additional officers may be on campus this week. Original story: GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Students and…… MORE
Texas Man Really Wanted To Try Popeyes’ New Chicken Sandwich
HOUSTON (AP) – Police say a man pulled a gun at a Popeyes restaurant in Houston after being told they were out of chicken sandwiches. Houston police Lt. Larry Crowson says officers were called to the restaurant Monday night after a group of people tried to order a chicken sandwich. Crowson says, “When the manager…… MORE
Man Sues AA Claiming Discrimination After Being Removed From his First Class Seat for a Dog
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American Airlines is being sued by a passenger who is claiming discrimination after an incident earlier this year. The lawyer for Dana Holcomb of Killeen said during a press conference last Thursday, that his client was “taken off an airplane so that a dog could fly in the first class cabin.”…… MORE
[VIDEO] Campaigning in Virginia, O’Rourke Calls Latest Mass Shooting ‘F* Up
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unleashed the F-bomb during a campaign stop in Virginia Saturday night. He was reacting to the latest mass shooting in his home state. A gunman in West Texas who went on a shooting spree, killing 5 people while randomly firing from his vehicle and then from a…… MORE
Neighbor: Texas Gunman Was ‘Violent, Aggressive Person’
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage “was on a long spiral of going down” and had been fired from his oil services job the morning he killed seven people, calling 911 both before and after the shooting began, authorities said. Officers killed 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator on Saturday outside a…… MORE
Florida’s Atlantic Coast Braces for Hurricane Dorian
UPDATED: 7:55AM FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) – Hurricane Dorian is beginning to inch northwestward after being stationary over the Bahamas, where its relentless winds have caused catastrophic damage and flooding. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm has started moving about 1 mph (2 kph) Tuesday morning and its speed is expected to increase slightly…… MORE
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