Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A popular, DFW-area Tex-Mex restaurant has closed. Matt’s Rancho Martinez on Skillman Street, a little west of White Rock Lake, served its last meals Sunday afternoon. Owner Nicholas Martinez says his family is tired of leasing, and from now on intends to own its restaurant sites. The Martinez’s do already have two…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Walmart is laying off more than 1,000 workers at its e-commerce fulfillment center in Fort Worth. The layoffs are part of a nationwide series of cutbacks and consolidations Walmart is making as the economy recovers. Walmart says it is eliminating weekend and evening shifts that it put in place to deal…… MORE
Grapevine (WBAP/KLIF) – Grapevine Police have arrested a suspect for a road rage shooting Friday that occurred a little north of DFW Airport. 30 year old Brandon Rutt faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Grapevine Police say Rutt became enraged when a woman pulled in front of him on State Highway…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Senator John Cornyn was one of a dozen members of Congress who were in Mexico City recently for a meeting with that country’s President. Cornyn told WFAA-TV’s “Inside Texas Politics” the idea was to focus on improving security along our common border. Cornyn says they reached no new agreements, but the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A team of volunteers from the Texas Baptist Men is on its way to Little Rock, Arkansas to help with tornado recovery. Spokesman John Hall says they’re taking special, self-contained mobile kitchens to feed the tornado victims and first responders. He says at first they were told they’d be feeding about three…… MORE