Three Fort Worth bank employees shot, suspects arrested

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police have detained three suspects after three North Texas bank employees were shot Thursday morning but were expected to survive. FBI Agent Eric Jackson said authorities traced a vehicle that appeared to be connected to the robbery attempt and gunfire around 9:30 a.m. Thursday inside Veritex Community Bank to an…MORE

Temperatures Break Records in North Texas

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Meteorologists are anticipating record heat through the weekend in North Texas. Meteorologist Dennis Cain with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth says the DFW area reached 108 degrees Thursday which surpassed the previous record of 107 set in 1925. “It won’t be the last record. We’ll break the record Saturday…MORE

Trump asks Bolton to Invite Putin to Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has asked National Security Adviser John Bolton to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall. That’s the latest update Thursday from White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders following Trump’s meeting with Putin earlier this week in Finland. Sanders says “those discussions are already underway” for…MORE

North Tarrant Express 35 W Opens Ahead of Schedule

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The final reconstruction phase of the $1.6 billion North Tarrant Express I-35 W project has concluded and the last TEXpress Lanes are open. A grand opening was held Thursday, two months ahead of schedule. The full project corridor from the downtown I-30 interchange north to the US 287 interchanfe spans a…MORE

Former Baylor DC Bennett addresses sexual assault scandal

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett says the review launched by a legal firm after the school’s sexual assault scandal included an interview he describes as a “fraud.” Bennett told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a question-and-answer segment published Wednesday that he met in early 2016 with two investigators from the…MORE

Wendy Davis, Group Fined for Reporting 2014 Campaign Funds Late

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) –.Former gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has been fined for failing to report a large chunk of campaign funds. According to the Texas Ethics Commission, Davis and the Democratic group “Battleground Texas” did not report $3.4 million of campaign money in January of 2014, when Davis was running for governor. Instead, the money…MORE

Heat Wave Causes Record Electric Demand In TX

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Managers of the state’s biggest electrical grid say this week’s head wave has led to an all-time record peak for electric power demand. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates that grid that covers most of the state, says demand peaked at 71,438 megawatts between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.…MORE

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