UPDATE 05/15/2024; 1:45 PM: Emerald Ash Borer now found in JOHNSON COUNTY; not yet officially on the list of North Texas counties in which movement of ash wood, leaves, or any of the tree’s materials are banned moving from county to county. Dr. Courtney Blevins, Forester with Texas A&M, warns the state of Texas does…… MORE
WISE COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Wise County Community is mourning the death of four people, including three children, who were killed in a fiery head-on crash with an 18-wheeler this week. The Texas Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Josue De La Cerda said the crash happened around 5:30 Tuesday morning on…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Federal investigators have secured a third guilty plea in connection with an investigation into U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar of Laredo, who is accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico. Irada Akhoundova of Houston pleaded guilty to acting as an agent for Azerbaijan without…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed an amended complaint and a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s attempt to remove Title IX protections for women in the nation’s schools. The amended complaint highlights the history of Title IX, stating that the law’s “prohibition on sex-based discrimination was understood to mean biological sex,…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dozens of Red Lobster locations closed their doors nationwide on Monday, including two in Dallas. According to a liquidation firm, items from more than 50 Red Lobster locations in at least 27 states are being auctioned off. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, TAGeX Brands Founder and CEO Neal…… MORE
This much fentanyl will kill a human. By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. EXCLUSIVE TO WBAP/KLIF NEWS, DALLAS. AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – Austin Police report initial testing of substances seized during initial investigation and arrests in connection with its “overdose week” finds deadly fentanyl in marijuana. Further, more intensive testing is being…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Fort Worth police released surveillance video in hopes of identifying four people who broke into a pharmacy and stole more than $10,000 of prescription medications. It happened at the Forest Park Pharmacy near the 2400 block of Forest Park Boulevard north of Park Hill Drive last Tuesday, May 7,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – DFW AIRPORT- Widespread rain has caused hundreds of cancellations at DFW International Airport on Sunday afternoon. According to airport officials 717 flights were delayed, and 156 flights were canceled. Thunderstorms are expected to continue overnight into Monday morning.… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body approved the Arab and Palestinian-sponsored resolution by…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A North Texas judge sentenced a Bedford woman to nine years in prison this week in a murder-for-hire plot involving Bitcoin. Federal prosecutors said 58-year-old Michelle Murphy searched the dark web to find a hitman to kill her boyfriend’s lover. She allegedly used an ATM to convert cash to…… MORE
