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Texas Governor Resists Calls for Emergency Session
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is dismissing calls to hold an emergency legislative session on guns following a violent August that began and ended with mass shootings. The Texas Le...
Sep 04, 2019
Texas House and Senate Form Committees to Help Find Ways to Prevent Gun Violence and Mass Shootings
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas House and Senate are forming committees that will consider ways to help prevent gun violence and mass shootings. Calls for action have been growing since 22 p...
Sep 04, 2019
Pentagon Sidelines 127 Building Projects To Fund Border Wall
WASHINGTON (AP) – A total of 127 military construction projects are being sidelined by a Pentagon decision to shift $3.6 billion to build part of President Donald Trump’s border wall. Defe...
Sep 04, 2019
Double Fort Worth Killer To Be Executed Wednesday
Billy Jack Crutsinger Texas Dept. of Corrections HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday for fatally stabbing an 89-year-old woman and her daughter more than ...
Sep 04, 2019
Three Fort Worth Chambers Formalize a Partnership to Unite the Business Community
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Black Chamber, The Fort worth Hispanic Chamber and The Fort Worth chamber have signed a memorandum of understanding to unite and further develop the city's econo...
Sep 03, 2019
Fort Worth City Leaders Appeal Judge Orders for Questioning in Case against Former Police Chief
Joel Fitzgerald FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth will meet with a district judge Wednesday after appealing an order to have witnesses for questioning. Associate Judge Monica Purdy ordere...
Sep 03, 2019
Fort Worth Councilman Questions City Spending Ahead of $2 Billion Budget Vote
Courtesy: Cary Moon FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The city of Fort Worth will soon vote on a proposed $2 billion budget, but one councilman thinks they could save millions of dollars by cutting back on a fe...
Sep 03, 2019
McConnell says He’s Waiting on Trump to Chart Path on Guns
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation following another mass shooting in Texas....
Sep 03, 2019
Grapevine Police Investigating Bomb Threat at Cross Timbers Middle School, Students and Staff Evacuated
Update at 5:00pm: Students and staff were allowed back inside by lunch. Police stayed on campus after additional threats were received by the school. A threat was also received by the Grapevine-Colley...
Sep 03, 2019
Texas Man Really Wanted To Try Popeyes’ New Chicken Sandwich
HOUSTON (AP) – Police say a man pulled a gun at a Popeyes restaurant in Houston after being told they were out of chicken sandwiches. Houston police Lt. Larry Crowson says officers were called t...
Sep 03, 2019
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