(WBAP/KLIF) — In 2021 President Joe Biden designated Juneteenth as a national holiday, realizing the efforts of Fort Worth resident Opal Lee. Now, the 97-year-old has been selected to be one of 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, announced Friday by the White House. Lee is best known for her decades-long campaign to…… MORE
JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The North Texas man convicted of shooting a Burleson police officer and killing a woman he carjacked in 2021 has been sentenced to death row. A Johnson County jury found 31-year-old Jerry Elders guilty of capital murder for the death of 60-year-old Robin Waddell last week. He shot Officer…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) If rush hour weren’t bad enough, DFW drivers who plan to use the southbound Dallas North Tollway are likely to run into delays and possibly traffic diversions near the George Bush Turnpike. Crews are responding to reports a construction crane has rolled off a truck on the southbound tollway road near the…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Northwest Independent School District will have additional security and counselors on hand for the rest of the week, after two students were arrested for creating an online document outlining an attack plan a school in far north Fort Worth. The district said a parent alerted Wilson Middle School…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Fort Worth police are searching for the gunman who shot up an apartment complex along the 3600 block of Las Vegas Trail just north of Camp Bowie Boulevard Wednesday night. Investigators said at least six people were shot, including four children, outside the Miramar Apartments and Townhomes. Officers arrived…… MORE