AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carroll ISD Board of Trustees, and conservative state lawmakers, have an ask of other Texas school districts. Carroll ISD recently cut ties with the Texas Association of School Boards, citing “woke” diversity and inclusion policies. State Rep Nat Schatlzine of Fort Worth said during a Monday press conference at the State…… MORE
Hood County Inmate Jailed For Wife’s New Year’s Day Murder Found Dead
HOOD COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) -An inmate in the Hood County Jail was found dead in his cell Saturday. 58-year-old Jeffrey McLaughlin was jailed in connection with the January 1, 2023 death of his wife, former assistant Hood County prosecutor Venisa Maria McLaughlin. According to the Hood County Sheriff’s Office, staff requested paramedics for an…… MORE
Two Killed in Wrong Way Crash on I-35E
CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carrollton Police Department is investigating a deadly wrong way crash that happened early Sunday morning on I-35E near President George Bush Turnpike. Carrollton police said three vehicles were involved in the crash after one of them drove northbound on the southbound lanes. The driver of the wrong way vehicle and one…… MORE
Popular Tex-Mex Restaurant Closes
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A popular, DFW-area Tex-Mex restaurant has closed. Matt’s Rancho Martinez on Skillman Street, a little west of White Rock Lake, served its last meals Sunday afternoon. Owner Nicholas Martinez says his family is tired of leasing, and from now on intends to own its restaurant sites. The Martinez’s do already have two…… MORE
Walmart Laying Off Fort Worth Employees
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Walmart is laying off more than 1,000 workers at its e-commerce fulfillment center in Fort Worth. The layoffs are part of a nationwide series of cutbacks and consolidations Walmart is making as the economy recovers. Walmart says it is eliminating weekend and evening shifts that it put in place to deal…… MORE