UPDATE: FT. WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Ft. Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 death of Atatiana Jefferson. Jurors received the case Wednesday morning and returned the verdict Thursday afternoon. Dean and his partner responded to an open-door call at Jefferson’s home and she was shot through a…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A military jet crashed near the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and Lockheed Martin Thursday morning. The F-35B Strike Fighter jet came down near Spur 341/Lockheed Boulevard around 10:15 a.m.. White Settlement Police Chief Chris Cook said the pilot ejected safely. No word on the condition…… MORE
WASHINGTON DC (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Free at-home COVID-19 tests are available to Americans again. The Biden Administration announced Thursday they’re making the kits available to all U.S. households as it unveils its plan to stave off a possible coronavirus surge during the winter. Each household can order four rapid virus tests through the government…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Wednesday, called for an investigation into the role non-governmental organizations may have in planning and assisting illegal border crossings into Texas. In a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Governor highlighted what he said is necessary for Texas’ vigilant response to a surge of illegal…… MORE
WISE COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The father of the Wise County girl abducted and killed last month near Paradise is suing. According to the Wise County Sheriff’s Office, contracted fed-ex driver Tanner Horner admitted to killing Athena strand and dumping her body miles away from her home in Paradise. The lawsuit filed this week by Athena’s…… MORE