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Efforts are underway to stop a scheduled Thursday night execution.

Efforts are underway to stop a scheduled Thursday night execution.

Irving (WBAP/KLIF)- A last minute drive is underway to prevent Thursday night’s scheduled execution of the next-to-last member of the so-called “Texas 7.” Now 57 year old Patrick Murphy was one of a gang of escaped convicts who murdered Irving Police officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery 18 years ago. Murphy’s attorneys say…MORE

Fort Worth Police need help identifying some credit card thieves

Fort Worth Police need help identifying some credit card thieves

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police are looking for three thieves who broke into a parked car last week, stole some credit cards, then went on a shopping spree. They used the stolen cards to buy a number of items at several Walmarts, a Home Depot, at least one Racetrac, and a Whataburger. Anyone…MORE

Services announced for last Fort Worth Tuskegee airman

Services announced for last Fort Worth Tuskegee airman

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Funeral services will be held this week for the last Fort Worth member of the famed Tuskegee airmen. Robert McDaniel died Thursday at age 96. A wake for him will be held Wednesday evening at Fort Worth’s Saint Peter Presbyterian Church. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM Thursday at Shiloh…MORE

Poll finds majority of Americans want more gun control

Poll finds majority of Americans want more gun control

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A new Associated Press poll says it found a wide majority of Americans are in favor of stricter gun control laws. 67% want tougher gun laws. 22% like things as they are. 10% think gun laws are too tough now. That is essentially unchanged from a similar AP poll conducted a year…MORE

Texas Attorney General sues chemical company for Houston area fire

Texas Attorney General sues chemical company for Houston area fire

Houston (AP) – The Texas Attorney General’s office has sued the company that operates a Houston-area chemical plant where a fire burned for several days, leading to health and environmental concerns. Attorney General Ken Paxton says in a statement the state will hold Intercontinental Terminals Company “accountable for the damage it has done to our…MORE