Fort Worth )WBAP/KLIF) – The national weather service has issued a heat advisory for DFW and most of north Texas. It takes effect Sunday at 1:00 PM, and will affect almost everything along the I-20 corridor. Forecasters say hot temperatures and high humidity will increase the risk for heat-related illnesses, particularly among those working or…… MORE
Medical City Fort Worth Adds $12-Million Addition
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Medical City Healthcare System continued its major capital investment initiative to spend over $1.5 billion on expansion and enhancements. Tarrant County residents have a brand new facility for orthopedic and neuroscience care. Medical City Fort Worth, Thursday, opened a nearly 25,000 square-foot Orthopedics and Neuroscience Medical Surgical unit. CEO John Hoover says…… MORE
Orange Buoy Barrier Being Deployed in Rio Grande
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas has started rolling out a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande. The state’s move on Friday is the latest escalation of republican Governor Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the U.S. border with Mexico. The orange buoys were unloaded from the trailers in the border city of eagle pass and are…… MORE
Two Suspects In Custody After Police Chase Causes An Accident And Leaves One Dead
FT. WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Two suspects are in custody following a police pursuit that ended in a multi vehicle crash that killed one person. On Thursday evening, Fort Worth Police attempted to stop a stolen vehicle that was evading law enforcement. Officers were pursing the vehicle through the intersection of Rosedale Street and Evans Avenue when…… MORE
Arrests Made in Ft. Worth Mass Shooting
FT. WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Ft. Worth Police have arrested two men in connection with a mass shooting where three people were killed and eight others were injured. According to Police Chief Neal Noakes 20 year old Christopher Redic and 19 year old Brandon Williams are charged with murder. Noakes says the shooting was gang related,…… MORE
Candlelight Vigil To Be Held for Como Shooting Victims
(WBAP/KLIF) — The community of Como is honoring the lives of those killed earlier this week. 18-year-old Gabriella Navarrete, 22-year-old Cynthia Santos, and 18-year-old Paul Willis where shot and killed in Monday’s Como neighborhood mass shooting. Now, the community is remembering those killed and the eight others who were injured with a candlelight vigil on…… MORE
Texas Gunman in Walmart Shooting Gets 90 Consecutive Life Sentences and May Still Face Death Penalty
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison. Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty in February to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in the…… MORE
Dallas Child Fatally Shot While in Bed, Investigation Underway
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – There’s a tragic update amid the investigation into who fired the shot that hit a 7-year-old boy while in his bed Sunday night. Dallas police said Kyrie Barnes has died. Investigators determined the gunfire came from outside his home at an apartment complex in the 8000 block of Rothington Road…… MORE
US Adds 209,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment Rate Up from 3.4 to 3.6%
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) US employers added 209,000 jobs to the economy in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.6 percent. according to stats released by the US Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. The stats area a sign that the economy’s resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow growth and…… MORE
Woman’s Body Found at Grapevine Lake, Police say “Trauma Inconsistent with Drowning”
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Police are investigating how a woman’s body ended up in Grapevine Lake this week. The discovery was made Thursday around 2:30 p.m., after a driver traveling on Fairway Drive called 911 and told dispatch her passenger thought he spotted a body floating near the spillway on the right side of…… MORE
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