Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – At around 5 o’clock this morning, a fire alarm was still going off at Fritz Industries in Mesquite after firefighters battled a chemical plant fire early there around 1am. The alarm sounded, “There’s been a fire reported in building D. Everyone please evacuate.” Two employees were rushed to the hospital as…… MORE
Expert Witnesses Allegedly Paid to Defend Abortion Restrictions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A newspaper review has found the Texas Attorney General’s Office has spent $500,000 to defend the state’s recent abortion restrictions with expert court testimony that has mostly been given little or no weight by judges. The Houston Chronicle reports the attorney general’s office has paid 21 expert witnesses to testify in…… MORE
A Man Arrested for Posing As a High School Student, More Charges May Come Later
DALLAS (AP) – A 25-year-old man accused of posing as a 17-year-old student and Hurricane Harvey evacuee so he could play basketball at a Dallas high school is facing a new charge in his case. Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley has been charged with indecency with a child. Authorities allege he was dating a 14-year-old girl while…… MORE
Gaining Success in Palo Pinto County Wildfire
4,500 acres in Palo Pinto County may be burned in a wildfire just west of Fort Worth, but firefighters are gaining ground – the fire now 80% contained. National Weather Service meteorologists are working closely with fire commanders, offering very specific area forecasts. With a significant chances of thunderstorms that could form today, the worry…… MORE
Palo Pinto County Wildfire Gets Help from Fort Worth Meterologists
The Palo Pinto County wildfire burning about 60 miles west of Fort Worth is still 65 percent contained, though it’s charred 45-hundred acres as of this afternoon. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service offices in Fort Worth are helping commanders on the fire lines with very specific area forecasts and weather updates. With a 30…… MORE
Schools Named After Confederate Heroes, May Have To Wait For A Name Change
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Five schools in Austin named for Confederate heroes likely won’t get new names for another school year. The Austin American-Statesman reports that district administrators have slowed down the process after the school board voted in February to rename five campuses. That’s to give a task force enough time to examine criteria…… MORE
Two dead in Fort Worth pawn shop robbery
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police are looking for three people who may be involved in a pawn shop robbery that went bad. Shots were fired during a holdup at the Fort Worth Gold and Silver Exchange. An elderly clerk at the Exchange, Gary Duke, was severely wounded and later died of his injuries.…… MORE
TXDOT is studying a congested freeway interchange in Tarrant County
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of Transportation has begun a study of a three freeway interchange in southern Tarrant County. When the three way meeting of U.S. Highway 287, Interstate 20 and Loop 820 was designed in the late 1950s it was in a rural area, and was all that was needed there…… MORE
Dallas Police Honor Officers Killed in the July 2016 Police Ambush
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Saturday is the two year anniversary of the Dallas Police Ambush that killed five Dallas Police officers and a Dart Officer. A special service at Dallas Police Headquarters on Lamar honored the officers killed Friday morning. Those who attended joined together in prayer and listened to Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall.…… MORE
The Texas Department of Public Safety Increasing Traffic Patrols This Weekend
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Highway Patrol will be increasing traffic enforcement for the next two days. Trooper Lonny Haschel said over 500 DWI arrests were made last year alone. Because of this he urges people to have a designated driver or use ride sharing apps like Uber and Lyft. “There is going to be a…… MORE
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