AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ attorney general says licensed handgun owners can legally carry firearms into some churches in the wake of a gunman killing 26 worshipers during a Sunday service. Republican Ken Paxton said Thursday exceptions are churches with posted signs banning firearms. He issued the opinion nearly two months after the massacre in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Activists in Fort Worth are calling for a change in the city’s Police Department. A year after a video went viral of an altercation with a white Fort Worth Police Officer and a black woman and her kids, protesters are calling for a change in the way the department treats its…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas is growing in population and much of the growth is being seen in the DFW metroplex. The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2017 population estimate this week, and Texas was the top state in numeric growth with close to 400,000 new residents. State Demographer Dr. Lloyd Potter said a lot of the growth…… MORE
(CNN) — The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite threats from the US to pull funding from the world body. Some 128 countries voted for the resolution, while nine voted “no,” and 35 nations abstained, including Canada and Australia. The vote came…… MORE
Houston, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston Police Department has canceled an Amber Alert issued earlier this week for a baby girl. Six-week old Shamali Flores was found save this morning in a Southwest Houston apartment. She was unharmed, but being check at an area hospital as a precaution. The baby was reported missing after her…… MORE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLIF/WBAP) — Congressman Michael Burgess says even though things have been busy on Capitol Hill, the country needs a permanent plan to fund our military. Thursday morning, Dr. Burgess joined The Morning Drive. He says he’s quite proud of lawmakers for coming together to pass the first major overhaul to taxes in more than…… MORE
UPDATED 12/21/17 7:52AM Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police say an early morning scuffle led to a triple shooting at a NW Dallas gas station. Officers responded to the shooting around 4:40 Thursday morning. When they arrived at the Mobile gas station near Love Field, a man, woman and her 9-year-old son had been shot in their…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ top criminal court is taking a case that could decide whether the prosecution of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on securities fraud charges continues. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Wednesday to consider whether special prosecutors are owed more than $200,000 for trying to bring Paxton to trial on…… MORE
Dallas, TX – AT&T has announced a restructuring plan that will include job cuts for 300 workers in Dallas early next year. The announcement came on the same day the telecom giant promised a $1000 bonus to most of its U.S. workforce once the tax reform bill is officially signed into law AT&T also promise…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A suspected serial bank robber was arrested in Old East Dallas Wednesday evening. SWAT teams surrounded a home near North Hall and Live Oak streets for several hours Wednesday afternoon, and the suspect, along with one other person (unrelated to the crime) emerged from the house several hours later. One person was…… MORE
