Yearly Archives: 2018

Broken sewer line has Carrollton work crews scrambling

Broken sewer line has Carrollton work crews scrambling

Carrollton (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Carrollton is praising quick action by its Environmental Services Department for preventing a broken sewer line from turning into an environmental disaster. The sewer line broke late Monday morning when the bank of Hutton Branch Creek gave way. 150,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the creek, but by…MORE

Train hits tanker truck in Fort Worth

Train hits tanker truck in Fort Worth

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An 18 wheeler tanker truck was ripped apart this morning when it was hit by a Trinity Railway Express passenger train while driving across the tracks on Calloway Cemetery Road. That’s an uncontrolled railroad crossing in an industrial area on the east side of Fort Worth. No word on what the…MORE

Environmentalists Ask Whataburger to Stop using Styrofoam Cups

Environmentalists Ask Whataburger to Stop using Styrofoam Cups

(WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas based environmental group is asking Whataburger to stop using styrofoam cups.  Environmental Texas says it has gathered more than 50,000 signatures on a petition asking the burger chain to stop using the cups.  In a letter, the group says millions of the cup end up on roadways and it costs the…MORE

U.S. border troops will be home for Christmas

U.S. border troops will be home for Christmas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — As members of the so-called migrant caravan are continuing to arrive at the U.S.- Mexico border in Texas some of the federal troops sent there will soon be going home. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who commands the deployment, told Politico some of the 5,800 troops on the border will be…MORE