Freer (WBAP/KLIF) – An experienced rattlesnake handler was killed by one of his snakes Saturday at a south Texas rattlesnake roundup. Eugene De Leon Sr. was performing at the roundup in the town of Freer, west of Corpus Christi. He was handling rattlesnakes in front of a crowd, when one of them suddenly bit him…… MORE
Renewed Max 737 Case Headed For Fort Worth Court
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The families of a dozen people who were killed in Max 737 airliner crashes will be in federal court in Fort Worth Tuesday. They want the court to re-open the federal case against Boeing, claiming the government never consulted them when it worked out a $2.5 billion settlement of the case…… MORE
Mexican Railroad Will Avoid Texas
Mexico City (WBAP/KLIF) – Mexico’s government is retaliating for Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s sudden imposition of tougher inspections of commercial truck traffic along the border last month. Mexico’s Economy Minister says his country will not allow itself to be hostage to “someone who wants to use trade as a political tool.” So Mexico says it…… MORE
Fallen Peace Officers Honored At Texas Capitol
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Hundreds of Texas law enforcement officers gathered at the state capitol in Austin Sunday for a memorial ceremony and candlelight vigil honoring the 62 peace officers who died in the line of duty last year. Governor Greg Abbott presented medals of honor to each of their families saying, “these courageous men and…… MORE
Biden Calls Former VP Mondale ‘Giant’ of Political History
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – President Joe Biden has saluted his “friend of five decades” Walter Mondale, traveling to the University of Minnesota to remember the former vice president and Democratic Party elder whose memorial service was delayed for a year due to the pandemic. Mondale died in April 2021 at age 93. He is credited with…… MORE
Texas Student Killed Chasing Kansas Tornado
Tonkawa, Okla. (WBAP/KLIF) – A 20 year old meteorology student from Denton has been killed in Oklahoma while returning to his school from tornado chasing in Kansas. Nicholas Nair was one of three University of Oklahoma students who were killed when their vehicle hydroplaned on I-35, and was struck by a tractor-trailer rig. They had…… MORE
Sunday/Monday Forecast
Sunday: Increasing clouds, breezy, and warm. Spotty to scattered showers or storms possible (30%). High: 85. Winds: S 15-35. Monday: Partly cloudy with scattered showers or storms (50%). High: 84. Winds: S 15-30.… MORE
Naomi Judd, of Grammy-Winning Duo The Judds, Dies at 76
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press. The statement said that they lost their mother to “the disease of mental…… MORE
Indicted East Texas Sheriff Resigns
Canton (WBAP/KLIF) – The Sheriff of Van Zandt County has announced his resignation following his arrest and indictment. Sheriff Steve Hendrix is accused of lying to investigators when he swore one of his deputies did not strike a handcuffed jail inmate. Hendrix’s resignation letter says he will step down May 14. Hendrix, his chief deputy,…… MORE
Weekend Weather Forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm. Slight chance of an Isolated late day t-storm (10%). High: 87. Winds: S 15-35. Sunday: Mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm. Scattered storms becoming widespread late in the day. (30%). High: 86. Winds: S 15-35.… MORE
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