FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hundreds of employees in the Fort Worth School District are asking for a change in the way they are paid. A petition with more than 1,800 signatures has been handed over to school trustees. It asks that administrators shift the current monthly payday. Workers are only paid once a month, but in…… MORE
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North Texas Transit Systems to Receive Federal Funds – Maybe
DALLAS-FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Obama’s new budget could benefit the Metroplex. The spending plan announced this week includes $49 million for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Red and Blue Line Platform Extensions Project. “It would let us lengthen the platforms from about 300 feet to 400 feet,” said Morgan Lyons, a spokesman for…… MORE
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Sexually Assaulting Four Girls
KELLER (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – An Arlington man faces felony charges of sexually assaulting a child in Keller. Police arrested 44-year-old Timothy Burns after a two-week-long investigation. Investigators say Burns assaulted four girls who are students in the Keller ISD. Police are asking parents to talk to their kids to see if there might be anymore…… MORE
Fort Worth Man Accused of Trying to Have Sex with Minor
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A police sting operation landed a man from Fort Worth in jail. John Wenzel, 24, is charged with online solicitation of a minor, which is a third-degree felony. He is accused of exchanging texts with undercover officer who he thought was a teenage girl, according to police. When Wenzel showed…… MORE
NASA Accused of Censoring Religious Group
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Christian group in Houston has filed a complaint against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over a reference to Jesus. A club at Johnson Space Center wanted to include the phrase “Jesus is our life” in an announcement in the center’s newsletter. It appeared in the May 28, 2015 edition…… MORE