FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth is warning citizens about illegal firework activity on New Year’s Eve Mike Drivdahl with the Fort Worth Fire Department said they’re working with police to confiscate and fine anyone who sets off fireworks. Drivdahl said fireworks are illegal in the city of fort worth and are very dangerous especially…… MORE
TxDOT Pretreating Roads Ahead of Possible Snow and Ice
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With snow and ice possible later this week, TxDOT has begun pretreating main lanes, bridges and overpasses in all seven counties of the Dallas District. TxDOT is reminding drivers to stay alert and give crews room to work. Maintenance crews will be using brine to help prevent ice from sticking to the road surface.…… MORE
Police Warn Against Celebratory Gun Fire this New Year’s Holiday
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in North Texas are warning of the dangers of celebratory gunfire this new year’s eve. The Garland Police Department posted a video to social media saying it won’t tolerate gunshots into the air as midnight nears. Officer Pedro Barineaux said in the post that gun fire celebratory gunfire can bring expensive…… MORE
Former First Lady Laura Bush Named DMN ‘Texan of the Year’
DALLAS (AP) – The editorial board of The Dallas Morning News has picked former first lady Laura Bush as the newspaper’s “Texan of the Year” in part for speaking out against child separation at the border. The newspaper on Sunday said Bush wrote “one of the most consequential op-eds of the year” when she published…… MORE
Fort Worth – DFW commuter rail line launches next week
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 27-mile rail system extending from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is scheduled to launch Jan. 5. TEXRail trains, operated by the Trinity Metro transit agency, will make nine stops along the route, including in the suburbs of North Richland Hills and Grapevine. The Dallas Morning News…… MORE
Fort Worth Rail System
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A 27-mile rail system extending from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is scheduled to launch Jan. 5. TEXRail trains, operated by the Trinity Metro transit agency, will make nine stops along the route, including in the suburbs of North Richland Hills and Grapevine. The full one-way trip…… MORE
Mandated Online Hospital Procedure Costs May NOT Be the Bottom Line on Cost
Seth Denson with GDP Advisers says costs as stated online are likely to conflict with different prices charged in deals set with insurance companies. In addition, Denson suggests this first step is one of at least ten, information-wise, before consumers will be able to fully “count on” a price for certain procedures at any given…… MORE
Lewisville SWAT Team Takes Down Aggravated Assault Suspect
LEWISVILLE – WBAP/KLIF – Lewisville Police called out the SWAT team late Friday to force the arrest of a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment for several hours in the 300 block of East Continental Drive. Lewisville Police Captain Christopher Butterworth says a woman complained 31 year old Tyrell Stalling had beaten her, threatened…… MORE
New report on Texas public schools
HOUSTON (AP) – An analysis of Texas public school data shows that special education students are more likely to receive some of the harshest punishments in the classroom. The Houston Chronicle reports that about 1 in 10 students in Texas schools in the 2016-17 school year were listed as special education. But that same year,…… MORE
DART Offers Free rides, services on New Year’s Eve
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Coors Light is partnering with DART to provide free rides on New Year’s Eve. Gordon Shattles with DART says rides will be available on all DART busses and trains as well as TRE trips between Reunion Station and DFW Airport from 6 pm until the end of regular service. “We just want to ensure residents and visitors…… MORE
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