Violent Immigrants Arrested in Mesquite and Houston Area

Posted on January 24, 2025

AUSTIN; Department of Public Safety (WBAP/KLIF) – Today, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) captured two more fugitives from Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List. Jorge Dionicio Hernandez and Omar David Zavala were arrested earlier today in Houston and Mesquite, respectively. A Crime Stoppers reward will be paid in Hernandez’s arrest. Jorge…… MORE

Abbott Requests Fed Reimbursement for Operation Lone Star

Posted on January 23, 2025

(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has officially requested that the federal government reimburse Texas for costs associated with securing the border. The governor sent letters, Thursday, to congressional leadership saying Texas was forced to respond to the border crisis with state resources and tax dollars to the tone of more than $11 billion. Abbott…… MORE

Texas Among Several States Served New Settlement from Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharma

Posted on January 23, 2025

ASSOCIATED PRESS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. The deal, agreed to by Purdue Pharma,…… MORE

A New Fast-Moving Fire Sparks in California

Posted on January 22, 2025

(WBAP/KLIF) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new fast-moving wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured another round of dangerous winds ahead of possible rain over the weekend. The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and quickly ripped through 3…… MORE

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