LAKE WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Two Navy pilots are hospitalized; one in critical condition and a second in serious condition, following the crash of a Navy jet into the backyard of a home in Lake Worth on Tejas Trail. Police responding to the calls for help from area residents say the pilots aboard ejected, with…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Giant sequoia trees that have lived thousands of years in isolated pockets in California are again threatened by massive wildfires underway in California, and the most famous tree of all is now at risk. Officials say the now merged wildfires “Colony” and “Paradise Fire” – to be called the KNP…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police are investigating the early Saturday morning shooting of three people at the Holiday Hills II Apartments on Bahama Drive. Authorities say shots were exchanged between a man who died, and described as the alleged instigating suspect, 27 year old Rolando Benitez, and a man and woman. The woman, 22…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Texas Republican Representative Michael McCaul says six planes with Americans and Afghan translators aboard have been held by the Taliban for several days at an airport north of Kabul; the Taliban, he asserts, will not let the planes depart. McCaul says the Taliban wants something in exchange for release of the…… MORE
GARLAND – WBAP/KLIF – Garland Police charge a 30 year old man with two counts of intoxication manslaughter after a firey crash early Sunday morning. The crash happened on Highway 66, between Dexham and East Centerville Roads. Police say they believe a car driven by Gustavo Huerta Jr. rear-ended another vehicle, causing it to hit…… MORE
UPDATE: Hurricane Ida has made landfall on Grand Isle, Louisiana, packing sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, 7 miles an hour shy of Category 5 status, and howling wind gusts to 185 miles an hour. Mainland landfall is expected to just west of New Orleans, greatly impacting the cities of Houma, Chavin and Golden…… MORE
UPDATE: Officials say a U.S. military drone strike on a vehicle reported as packed with explosives and headed to the Kabul airport for another suicide bombing mission destroyed the vehicle in the city of Kabul. Officials say they expect more attack threats as the U.S. military final pullout date of August 31rst approaches. ISIS-K is…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Now declared a hurricane, Henri is picking up steam with sustained 75 mile an hour winds and poised to make landfall in New York or New England states on Sunday – still to early to call a definite landfall location. Storm surges to five feet with a full moon, and…… MORE
UPDATE: Death toll now placed at 724 people via Haiti’s Civil Defense officials. Tropical Storm Grace is moving toward Haiti and expected to dump heavy rainfall late Monday or early Tuesday, hampering rescue efforts. ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – The death count fast climbed to at least 304 people known killed, hundreds more injured, as…… MORE
HOUSTON – The no space issue is beginning to hit North Texas hospitals with Hunt Regional Healthcare announcing it’s Commerce Emergency Room site is temporarily closed, with Texas Health at North Rockwall announcing the same change in services with onset of the Covid 19 Delta Variant pushing national Covid 19 positive numbers to levels…… MORE
