NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Cooling stations are opening up across the Metroplex as the excessive heat and heat index values continue to blanket the region. The Salvation Army of North Texas said they’ve got cooling stations on standby. Guidelines at each location vary, as do the rules for each city and county. North…… MORE
COLLIN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A Dallas man who shot his seventeen-year-old girlfriend ten times in February 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison. “This man brutally shot his defenseless, teenaged girlfriend 10 times, at least four times while she was on the ground in a fetal position. And the jury rightly saw…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn, and other lawmakers, joined “Grandmother of Juneteenth” Ms. Opal Lee and Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker on Monday to recognize Juneteenth, a celebration marking the news of freedom reaching enslaved people in Texas years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln in 1863. In 2021,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect until 8 PM Wednesday with heat index values of 110-120 degrees. The warning was extended on Monday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, this heat is dangerous and precautions should be taken. Health experts encourage drinking plenty of water, avoid extended time outdoors, and…… MORE
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) – A rescue operation was underway deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Monday in search of a submersible vessel that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia said the vessel was reported overdue around 9:13 p.m. Sunday, about 435…… MORE