HORATIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – More than 100 dogs that had been rescued from an animal shelter in Fort Worth last year were found abandoned and living in squalid conditions in a southwest Arkansas home. Investigators said eight dogs were found shot to death outside the home in Horatio, about 160 miles west of Little Rock, last month.…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE (AP) – Texas has executed inmate Christopher Wilkins for 2005 double slaying; first US execution of 2017. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block the scheduled execution of Wilkins who killed two men in Fort Worth after one of them mocked him for falling for a fake drug deal. The court’s ruling on appeals…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – Event planners from across the country gathered outside the Texas Capitol Wednesday to call on state lawmakers to reject Senate Bill 6. The measure would require people in parks, schools and government buildings to use the bathroom of their physical gender. “We’ve seen what happens across the United States, and I…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Fort Worth man who once told jurors that the death penalty was “no big deal” is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. It will be the nation’s first execution of 2017. Christopher Wilkins was convicted of murdering Willie Freeman and Mike Silva in Fort Worth in 2005, after Freeman sold him…… MORE
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington has launched an app that lets people report problems without waiting on hold. “Ask Arlington” lets people report potholes or problems with street lights, traffic signals and neighborhood issues on their smart phones. “We’re eliminating that step in the process,” says Gil Mesa, the manager of Arlington’s Action Center. The app lets…… MORE