FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Residents who live within the Fort Worth Independent School District voted Tuesday night to pass the largest school bond in Tarrant County History. The district’s Clint Bond said the $750 million bond will focus on improvements to primarily 14 schools. “We are going to spend money from bond sales on capital improvements…… MORE
(CNN) — Many of them had known each other for years. That’s no surprise in a small town like Sutherland Springs, Texas, where lives intersect daily on the street, at school and in church. 26 of those lives ended Sunday when Devin Kelley walked into the First Baptist Church with an assault rifle. Law enforcement has…… MORE
(CNN Money) — Twitter rolled out a 280 character limit for most of its users Tuesday, and, predictably, lots of people are unhappy. That doubles the original 140 character limit that Twitter has maintained since it launched in 2006. Twitter began testing longer tweets in late September, and found that once the novelty of tweeting longer wore…… MORE
(CNN) — Pitcher Roy Halladay, who won two Cy Young awards and more than 200 major league baseball games during a stellar career, died Tuesday in a plane crash off the Florida coast, authorities said. Halladay, 40, was the only person on the two-seater plane that crashed just off Holiday, on Florida’s Gulf coast north…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The FBI of Dallas is searching for a serial bank robber known as the “Longhorn Bandit”. The Bureau’s Lauren Hagee said the suspect hit two banks in the Metroplex last month. The first robbery occurred at the Bank of the West on Irving Boulevard and Story Road on October 18th. The suspect allegedly…… MORE
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The families of the victims in the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs will receive state-run funding and private donations to ease the burden of the funeral expenses. The Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund set up through the Texas Attorney General’s Office will allow for each family to…… MORE
(CNN) — The Air Force has launched a review of how the Service handled the criminal records the man responsible for a mass shooting at a South Texas church following his 2012 domestic violence conviction, according to Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek. Former Airman Devin P. Kelley was convicted by a general court-martial on two charges of…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs was caused by a “mental health problem,” not an issue with gun laws in the United States. “Mental health is your problem here,” Trump said, noting that “based on preliminary reports” the shooter was “a very…… MORE
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (WBAP/KLIF News) – New details are emerging about the man authorities say is responsible for a mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs that left 26 people dead. Authorities said the shooter, Devin Kelly, had sent threatening text messages prior to Sunday’s shooting. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office said Kelly’s mother-in-law was a member…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dozens of North Texas bike enthusiasts will ride through the Dallas city streets Saturday morning for the inaugural Dallas Bike Ride. Michelle Cleveland helped organize the event which will take participants on a 20-mile closed-road recreational ride through nine Dallas neighborhoods. She said the culture of cycling is growing in the Metroplex and…… MORE
