AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) In a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged prompt removal of an obstacle to federal funding for the states Healthy Texas Women program. Paxton said that the addition of some $30 million a…… MORE
ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News) – Rockwall police are calling the deaths of a husband and wife following an early-morning house fire suspicious. The incident happened around 5:00 a.m. Monday at a house on White Water Lane near John King Road. Firefighters arrived on scene and managed to extinguish the blaze and after entering the home, found…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department said Monday that Plano Police Chief Gregory W. Rushin’s decision to approve officers being issued and carrying tourniquets with them is paying off. Rushin said that the department’s job is to save lives and this is one more tool that will give officers that opportunity. According to the…… MORE
Yoakum (AP) – A Texas company has recalled nearly 25 tons of smoked sausage products due to possible contamination with plastic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the recall by Eddy Packing Co. of Yoakum. A USDA statement Friday says the recall involves smoked sausage products ranging from 21/2 pounds to 30 pounds that were…… MORE
Rowlett, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Independent School Distr4ict will have grief counselors available today after the shooting death of Coyle Middle School student James Gonzales. The 11-year old was killed by his father in an apparent murder-suicide late Saturday in their Rowlett home. The tragedy occurred amid marital problems between 41-year old Policarpo Gonzalez-Flores and…… MORE
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A new church has broken ground in the Texas town of Sutherland Springs six months after a gunman killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday service. Sherri Pomeroy of First Baptist Church says Saturday’s groundbreaking was held on the six-month anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in Texas…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – About 45 homes in Northwest Dallas are without gas today because of a shutdown caused by a recently discovered gas leak. Atmos officials are say the leak is ‘non-hazardous.’ The area affected is in the 3200 and 3300 hundred blocks of Darvany and Kinkaid Drive. Residents tell WFAA-TV that they’re glad Atmos…… MORE
NEW HOPE, Texas (AP) – The mayor of a small Collin County town who came out as transgender after being appointed to the job has lost her election bid for a full two-year term. The Dallas Morning News reports that New Hope Mayor Jess Herbst was running to become the first openly transgender elected official…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from a Houston hospital where he spent 13 days recovering from an infection that required his hospitalization a day after his wife’s funeral. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says the 93-year-old Bush was released Friday from Houston Methodist Hospital. He was admitted on April 22…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump told a crowd of NRA members Friday, at the group’s annual convention, that their second amendment rights are safe with him as president. Gun enthusiasts were pleased to hear that. Trump is addressed thousands of NRA members at a leadership forum and said the nation was filled with shock and grief…… MORE
