ITALY,Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Family and friends of the victim of a shooting at Italy High School in Ellis County said she’s in “good spirits” despite a long-road to recovery. According to a GoFundMe account set up for 15-year-old Noelle “Cricket” Jones, she sustained serious injuries including a bullet lodged in her neck, another removed from her abdomen and her…… MORE
Fort Worth Man One of Five Killed in Oklahoma Oil Rig Explosion
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – A Fort Worth man has been identified as one of five employees killed following an explosion on an Oklahoma oil rig. Authorities confirmed that 35-year-old Josh Ray’s remains, along with four others, were found Tuesday, a day after the explosion at the drilling site near Quinton, Oklahoma about 100 miles southeast of…… MORE
Kentucky School Shooting: 2 Students Killed and 17 Others Injured
(CNN) — Another high school has turned into a scene of carnage, this time in western Kentucky. Fourteen people were wounded, two of them fatally, after a shooter opened fire Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School, Gov. Matt Bevin said at a news conference. Another five people sustained other injuries. A 15-year-old male student…… MORE
GoFundMe Account Started for the Family of a Murdered Garland Store Clerk
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of a convenience store clerk that was gunned down during a robbery over the weekend has started a GoFundMe account. 35-year-old Manish Pandey was killed during an attempted robbery while he was working at an Exxon gas station on the corner of Broadway Boulevard and East Oates Road Saturday night.…… MORE
Sewage Leak Prompts Evacuation of Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Forney
FORNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A sewage leak led to the evacuation of Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Forney Tuesday afternoon. The City of Forney’s Kyle Rouvaldd said first responders were called in around 8:45 a.m. when numerous staff and patients complained about a foul odor that was making them sick. He said the Forney…… MORE
“Athlete” Falls From Top Ten Kids’ Dream Profession
DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — A new survey shows kids are changing the types of professions they aim for, and they’re changing where they’re getting those goal professions. New York Life and Fatherly asked more than 1000 kids under the age of 12 what they wanted to be when they “grow up.” The top 5 responses: -doctor…… MORE
Kroger stores will bring Bag, Scan, Go to the Metroplex
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Kroger has announced an ambitious plan to install new self-scan checkout systems, expand its general merchandise and clothing line while closing some stores. The Dallas Morning News reports 400 Kroger stores nationwide, including 19 in North Texas, will get new technology that will take human grocery checkers out of the shopping…… MORE
Friends Say Italy High School Shooter had been Bullied in the Past
ITALY, Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A tearful prayer vigin at a small North Texas church to pray for a girl wounded in a shooting at the town’s high school. The vigil Monday night at Central Baptist Church in Italy was held to bring comfort to residents in the town of about 2,000 in the wake of…… MORE
Former President Bush’s Popularity Soars
Washington (CNN) George W. Bush has turned his unpopularity upside down. Six in 10 Americans, 61%, say they now have a favorable view of the 43rd President of the United States in the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS, nearly double the 33% who gave him a favorable mark when he left the White House…… MORE
Facebook Asking Users to Determine “Trustworthy” Sources
DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — Facebook says it’s trying to “clean up” your news feed. Company founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced they’ll soon be asking users to weigh in on which news sources to trust. He didn’t give much detail on how Facebook plans to do it, just that you may soon see a survey in…… MORE
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