National Weather Service received 37 reports of tornadoes in six states. The most destructive tornado or possibly tornadoes, ripped a patch of damage around 227 miles from northeast Arkansas. southeast Missouri, through Tennessee in Kentucky, where the town of Mayfield was virtually leveled. An estimated 90 people lost their lives in the series of storms,…… MORE
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Navy Plane Crash Leaves Two Hospitalized; 1,300 Without Power
LAKE WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Two Navy pilots are hospitalized; one in critical condition and a second in serious condition, following the crash of a Navy jet into the backyard of a home in Lake Worth on Tejas Trail. Police responding to the calls for help from area residents say the pilots aboard ejected, with…… MORE
America’s Sequoia Heritage Threatened By Monster Wildfire
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Giant sequoia trees that have lived thousands of years in isolated pockets in California are again threatened by massive wildfires underway in California, and the most famous tree of all is now at risk. Officials say the now merged wildfires “Colony” and “Paradise Fire” – to be called the KNP…… MORE
Three Shot in West Dallas; Investigation Underway
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police are investigating the early Saturday morning shooting of three people at the Holiday Hills II Apartments on Bahama Drive. Authorities say shots were exchanged between a man who died, and described as the alleged instigating suspect, 27 year old Rolando Benitez, and a man and woman. The woman, 22…… MORE
Texas Representative Michael McCaul Says Americans Held Hostage in Afghanistan on Six Planes
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Texas Republican Representative Michael McCaul says six planes with Americans and Afghan translators aboard have been held by the Taliban for several days at an airport north of Kabul; the Taliban, he asserts, will not let the planes depart. McCaul says the Taliban wants something in exchange for release of the…… MORE