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AA Retires MD-80 Fleet After Nearly 4 Decades; Final Flight Departs DFW

AA Retires MD-80 Fleet After Nearly 4 Decades; Final Flight Departs DFW

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – When American Flight 80 taxiied from the gate at DFW this morning, it marked the end of an era for the plane that’s been in service for the Fort Worth-Based carrier for 36-years. The planes were instrumental in American’s expansion in the 1980s and 90s. New York aviation blogger Jason Rabinowitz was…MORE

Pentagon Sidelines 127 Building Projects To Fund Border Wall

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. Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the transfer of funds on Tuesday. Officials say details about the projects losing their funding will be released after Congress…MORE

Double Fort Worth Killer To Be Executed Wednesday

Double Fort Worth Killer To Be Executed Wednesday

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 16 years ago in their Fort Worth home. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the 2003 killings of Pearl Magouirk and…MORE

Three Fort Worth Chambers Formalize a Partnership to Unite the Business Community

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 economy. “The chambers and the City of Fort Worth are working closer together to better unify the business community while creating economic prosperity for…MORE