FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch heads before a judge in Tarrant County on Friday. The judge will decide whether to move Couch from the juvenile system to adult court. Without change, his probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash would come to an end on his 19th birthday in April.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Although the calendar says February, we’re already seeing the start of Spring allergies. Some of the biggest culprits: Elm and Cedar. They’ve surged to extremely high levels this week. Experts say your watery and itchy eyes, runny nose, sneezing and coughing will likely stick around through Sunday. So, until then, stock up…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – After seven months of decline, gas prices have turned in the opposite direction. According to AAA, the statewide average for a gallon of regular unleaded is up $0.03 to $1.52. Drivers across the Metroplex are paying a little more. The national average is $1.71. Copyright 2016. WBAP/KLIF News. All Rights…… MORE
MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF News) – City officials in Mansfield are touting future economic development around their push for a new ice rink, but some taxpayers are questioning it. The $12.6 million rink would be built along Highway 287 near Broad Street. It would require the school district to contribute at least $500,000 up front, and a total…… MORE
KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A couple from Kaufman is facing charges of torturing a 13-year-old boy with special needs as punishment. Christi Howell, 40, and her boyfriend, Casey Shackleford, 45, held the teen down, poured water over a towel on his face, and bound his genitals, according to police. Court papers said it happened after…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hundreds of employees in the Fort Worth School District are asking for a change in the way they are paid. A petition with more than 1,800 signatures has been handed over to school trustees. It asks that administrators shift the current monthly payday. Workers are only paid once a month, but in…… MORE
DALLAS-FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Obama’s new budget could benefit the Metroplex. The spending plan announced this week includes $49 million for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Red and Blue Line Platform Extensions Project. “It would let us lengthen the platforms from about 300 feet to 400 feet,” said Morgan Lyons, a spokesman for…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A police sting operation landed a man from Fort Worth in jail. John Wenzel, 24, is charged with online solicitation of a minor, which is a third-degree felony. He is accused of exchanging texts with undercover officer who he thought was a teenage girl, according to police. When Wenzel showed…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teacher at a school for boys in Fort Worth is accused of having an improper relationship with one of her students. Alina Leung, 29, is on administrative leave from Paul Laurence Dunbar Young Men’s Leadership Academy where she taught 6th and 7th grades. Prosecutors allege she had sex with a…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Christian group in Houston has filed a complaint against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over a reference to Jesus. A club at Johnson Space Center wanted to include the phrase “Jesus is our life” in an announcement in the center’s newsletter. It appeared in the May 28, 2015 edition…… MORE
