FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is fighting for atricter laws on E-cigarettes. The Senator visted the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth Friday with Mayor Betsy Price to hear from local medical professionals about the dangers of vaping and about local efforts to curb e-cigarette use in North…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County is reporting its first flu death of the year. This death involves a young child. “On an average flu season, there are about 36,000 flu deaths, you know, in an average year,” Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja said. Taneja says we are already trending higher early in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Medstar has implemented a new kit that will help save more lives in the event of a disaster. The Tarrant County ambulance service assembled six specialized duffel bags containing 40 Stop the Bleed kits that can be given to bystanders in the field to help first responders treat trauma victims.…… MORE
Update at 2:00pm: Two U.S. officials have identified the shooter at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola as a second lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force. The officials say authorities are investigating whether Friday’s attack was terrorism-related. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose information that had not yet been made public. Base…… MORE
Hood County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Grandbury man provided gruesome jailhouse details about the death of his wife whose remains were found this week. 59-year old Edward Pautenis told says that he shot his wife with three different guns during an argument. “The more that she just kept coming at me, I just sat there…… MORE