DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas economy saw a slight downshift the past two months, according to a new survey from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Texas added jobs at a 2.5 percent pace in the fourth quarter of 2018, down slightly from 2.7 in the third quarter. The survey also showed declines in the production…… MORE
Residents in Corinth Thwart an Attempted Sexual Assault
Corinth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Corinth are asking for the public’s help in trying to locate a suspect in an attempted sexual Sunday night. A female jogger told police that she screamed after the alleged suspect shoved her to the ground near near post Oak Drive and Barton Springs Drive around 7 o’clock. The woman’s…… MORE
Voting is Underway for City of Ft. Worth Workers
FT. WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) -City of Ft. Worth workers have their chance to sound off starting today on a proposal to fix the struggling pension plan. The plan currently has over a billion dollars in unfunded liability. Starting today and going through February 22nd city employees can vote on a plan to keep the program viable.…… MORE
Pentagon Sending Another 3,750 Troops To Southwest Border
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon said Sunday it will send 3,750 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to put up another 150 miles of concertina wire and provide other support for Customs and Border Protection. The additions will bring the total number of active-duty troops on the border to 4,350. The announcement is in line…… MORE
Four found dead in South Dallas home
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas officials believe four people, including two young boys, died in an Oak Cliff home from carbon monoxide poisoning. WFAA reports the bodies of two construction workers and one of the workers’ twin two-year-old sons were discovered Sunday morning in a home the men were renovating on the 1400 block of…… MORE
A Billboard Near Galveston Bringing Attention to Police Retirement in Texas
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – A billboard on a highway near Galveston is bringing attention to the city’s rift with its police union, criticizing the town as “Home of the Worst Police Retirement in Texas.” The Galveston Municipal Police Association recently leased the billboard along Interstate-45, where it will stand for the next month. The association…… MORE
Four Dead Including Two Young Children; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Feared.
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Fire and Rescue reports finding the bodies of 4 people; 2 children and two adult men Sunday morning, in a home under construction in the 14 hundred block of Owega on the south side of Dallas. The home owner reportedly told arriving rescue teams two men were working on the…… MORE
Processor recalls a ton of misbranded chicken items
Dallas (AP) – A Dallas company has recalled a ton of chicken items produced last month with incorrect labels. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday announced the recall by Taylor Farms. USDA officials say the products are wrongly labeled “Chile Relleno” due to misbranding. The items contain an undeclared allergen – wheat. Officials have…… MORE
Two Dead & Two Injured in Alleged Murder-Suicide In Grand Prairie
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) – Police say a man has fatally shot his estranged wife and wounded two of her relatives before killing himself as his spouse moved out of the couple’s Dallas-area home. Grand Prairie police say the shootings happened Saturday morning in what investigators call an apparent murder-suicide. A police statement says a…… MORE
A Texas Man Will Serve Life in Prison Without Parole For Throwing Wife Off A Bridge
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Texas man who admitted to killing his estranged wife by tying a massive chunk of concrete to her and throwing her off a bridge into a lake has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors in Fort Worth say Rodolfo “Rudy” Arellano pleaded guilty Wednesday to capital murder. He’ll…… MORE
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