TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Two employees at the Tarrant County Jail have been fired following an inmate’s death. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office released a five-minute video and additional details about what led up to 31-year-old Anthony Johnson Junior’s passing on April 21. TSCO said Johnson died from a medical emergency after being…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The legendary former Texas Motorway Speedway president Eddie Gossage died Thursday at 65 years old. Speedway Motorsports confirmed his passing on behalf of Gossage’s family but his cause of death has not been released. “Today we have lost one of the world’s biggest race fans,” said Speedway Motorsports President…… MORE
JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Investigators are looking into the cause of a deadly plane crash in Johnson County Wednesday night. In a Facebook post, the Godley Fire Department said the crash was reported just before nine in the 8600 block of FM 4, about nine miles northwest of Cleburne Airport. The Texas Department…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Despite its bustling economy, Texas ranks among the nation’s most food-insecure states in the country. A recent Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study shows almost five million Texans are struggling with hunger, one out of three are children, and thousands are in the North Texas Food Bank service…… MORE
ATLANTA – (WBAP/KLIF) It’s on! President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both agree to debate the issues at CNN studios on June 27th. This news, a big development in a fast-rising back and forth barb exchanging between the presidential candidates concerning whether they would – and where they would debate. But earlier, Biden’s…… 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
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
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Controversy continues at the Carroll Independent School District, now that the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights found the district violated students’ civil rights. The three-year investigation was sparked by complaints by four students and parents of discrimination due to race, gender and sexual orientation. ACLU attorney Chloe Kempf…… MORE
FORT WORTH – (WBAP/KLIF) A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Collin County in North Texas, from 6:17 pm through 7:00 pm CDT. A tornado watch remains in effect for much of North Texas moving east through 10:00 pm tonight. For more information: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=33.18800898984645&lon=-96.5724274245678… MORE
