(WBAP/KLIF) — One North Texas county ranked number one in the country for its population boom. The United States Census Bureau, Thursday, released numbers showing Rockwall as the nation’s fastest growing county in the country. The North Texas county increased by 6.5% from 2020 to 2021. Five Texas cities rank in the top 15 on…… MORE
Uvalde, TX Native Matthew McConaughey Says, “It’s time to reevaluate.”
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas expressed heartbreak over Tuesday’s mass shooting in his home town. In a Twitter post,he wrote, “Once again we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedom grants us.” In the post Oscar winning writes that “it’s time to…… MORE
Police Face Questions Over Response to Texas School Shooting
Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Law enforcement authorities in Texas are facing questions and criticism over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers. Investigators are also unable to say with any certainty…… MORE
Very Few Voted In The Primary Runoff Elections
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The May 24 primary runoff elections were widely ignored by north Texas voters. The figures show 4% of Dallas County voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary. Republican turnout was even less at 3%. In Tarrant County, 2% voted in the Democratic primary, 5.5% in the Republican primary. The largest voter turnout…… MORE
Accused Murderers Have Been Returned To Dallas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two women who fled the country after they were accused in the Dallas murder of a Seattle woman two years ago are once again in custody in Dallas. Lisa Dykes and Nina Marano cut off their ankle bracelets and disappeared on Christmas day, 2021. They were arrested in Cambodia in February. Cambodia…… MORE
Texas Court Overturns Execution Sentence
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has spared the life of a convicted murderer. Juan Ramon Meza Segundo was scheduled for execution for the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl in 1986. Cold case investigators arrested him 19 years after it happened. The court overturned Segundo’s sentence, finding he…… MORE
O’Rourke Interrupts Gov. Abbott Briefing in Uvalde
UVALDE (WBAP/KLIF) – Wednesday’s briefing by state leaders on the Uvalde elementary school massacre brought a brief interruption. Governor Abbott was passing the microphone to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick when his Democratic opponent in the race to unseat him stood up to ask about promised changes by the Governor after the 2018 Santa Fe High…… MORE
Texas to Help Families of Uvalde School Shooting Victims
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office is working with families affected by this week’s deadly elementary school shooting in Uvalde. The Office of the Attorney General offers services for Texans and their families that have been affected by crime. According to Paxton, the Crime Victim Services Program helps crime victims and their…… MORE
May 24 Runoff Election Results
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – In the GOP runoff for Texas attorney general, incumbent Ken Paxton defeated challenger current Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush with 68% of the vote to 32%. Paxton will face Democrat Rochelle Garza, a civil rights attorney from Brownsville in November. Businessman Mike Collier won the Democratic runoff for Texas Lt. Governor…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: ISIS Plot To Kill Former President Bush Thwarted
How did the FBI do it? Incite from Former U-S Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Paul Coggins.… MORE
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