ABILENE, Texas (AP) – A nearly $350,000 fire truck delivered last month to a West Texas department has gone up in flames during a test drive to check the brakes. Snyder fire Chief Perry Westmoreland said Friday that the new pumper truck was destroyed a day earlier in Abilene. Westmoreland says the rig, put into service…… MORE
IRVING- WBAP/KLIF – Irving Police are asking for public tips to find the mother of a baby they believe was born in an Applebee’s Restaurant bathroom and then placed in a restroom garbage can to die. Police believe the baby’s mother left the restaurant about half an hour before restaurant personnel were cleaning the bathroom…… MORE
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. By a 5 to 4 vote, Supreme Court justices Friday voted to allow the White House to use approximately $2.5 billion dollars in Defense Department money to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The High Court says it will lift a freeze on the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- U.S. Senator John Cornyn announces a $200 million federal grant that helps fund Trinity Metro’s TEXRail commuter rail system that opened in January. The 27-mile commuter rail takes passengers to and from downtown Fort Worth to DFW airport. “The TexRail project is a tremendous economic benefit for the entire region,” said Frank…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Arlington City Manager reviews a formal complaint alleging police Chief will Johnson used a racial slur during a manger’s meeting. Arlington City manager Trey Yelverton sent a letter to Chief Johnson saying the context the ‘N’ word was used was to urge staff regarding hate crime investigations. Yelverton says the reflection of the…… MORE