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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

US will reassign border inspectors as illegal crossings rise

US will reassign border inspectors as illegal crossings rise

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors as beleaguered forces already stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border struggle to keep pace with the growing number of migrant families who are showing up at the border in poor health and turning themselves in to agents to…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

Fort Worth ISD Launches Program to Make Routes Safer at Elementary Schools

Fort Worth ISD Launches Program to Make Routes Safer at Elementary Schools

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth ISD launches a Safe Routes to School program. Steve Cooke Fort Worth’s Director of Transportation says they received $10 million in funding from The North Central Texas Council of Governments and the City to make routes safer from a quarter mile away from seven elementary schools. “Make sure there’s a sidewalk…MORE

Carrollton Police Investigating After Baby Found Dead in Flower Pot

Carrollton Police Investigating After Baby Found Dead in Flower Pot

CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carrollton Police Department is asking for the public’s help investigating the death of an infant. According to Police, on Monday, March 11, a caretaker at the Perry Cemetery emptied what he knew to be an out of place flowerpot and discovered the body of a deceased infant beneath the pot’s soil. The medical…MORE