Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue was able to pull a man to safety this morning after a passersby spotted him stranded in the risind water of a Dallas creek at I-75 and Forest Lane. WFAA-TV’s Hannad Van Huss Davis was on the scene around 5:30 this morning: Thank God a passerby saw a man trapped in…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Federal immigrations have rounded up 145 people they describe as criminal aliens and immigration violators in South and Central Texas. In a statement issued Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the roundup was a seven-day operation. Of the 145, 45 were netted in Austin, 41 in San Antonio, 37 in…… MORE
Washington (AP) Car rental company Enterprise says it is ending a discount program for National Rifle Association members.The company, which also operates the Alamo and National brands tweeted late Thursday: “All three of our brands have ended the discount for NRA members. This change will be effective March 26.” The decision appeared to be a response…… MORE
(CNN) — The school resource deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, waited outside the school building as the shooting unfolded last week, officials said. Scot Peterson never went in after taking a position on the west side of the building, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at a Thursday afternoon news conference.…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott has agreed to spare a convicted killer from execution. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday night. Earlier in the day, Texas prison officials described Whitaker as nearly stoic after his move from death row to a holding cell steps from the death chamber. Whitaker…… MORE
NEEDVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A south Texas school district has threatened its students with a 3-day suspension for anyone who participates in organized walkouts or protests in the wake of a school massacre in Parkland, Florida that claimed 17 lives. The superintendent of the Needville Independent School District, about 40 miles southwest of Houston, Curtis Rhodes…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Robert Mueller has filed additional charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a business associate. The filing adds allegations of tax evasion and increases the amount of money Manafort is accused of laundering through offshore accounts to $30 million. The additional charges involve much of the…… MORE
ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News) – A portion of a Rockwall neighborhood was evacuated because of high water Thursday afternoon. Rockwall Police Sergeant Jeff Welch said the evacuations are affecting people who live in homes in the 500 to 700 block of Lakeside Drive near the shores of Rockwall Lake which is a separate body of water from Lake Ray Hubbard. Welch said…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Garland employment attorney running for the Texas House apparently upset one of her childhood heroes. Democratic Candidate Brandy Chambers told WFAA TV she emailed a photo of herself and William Shatner as a way for them to get to know her better. Shatner, who is well known as Captain Kirk from Star Trek…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Richland Hills mother and son were found dead in an apparent murder suicide this week. The North Richland Hills Police Department said on Tuesday around 4:30 p.m., officers received a call from a caretaker to the home on Wedgeview Drive near Bedford Euless Road regarding a death…… MORE
