Lewisburg, PA (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas long haul truck driver apparently will not face a possible death penalty if he is convicted of first degree murder in the killing of a woman whose body was found beside an interstate highway earlier this year. Pennsylvania prosecutors decided not to request capital punishment for 29 year old…… MORE
Explosives Bring Down Rest Of S. FL Collapsed Condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday that brought down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for victims as rescuers seek access to new areas of the rubble. A loud rat-at-tat of explosions echoed from the structure just before…… MORE
Isolated Rains Today, Hit and Miss rest of week
Today, PtCldy, Muggy, Isolated Showers and Storms, 92 / 75, Winds SE5-10 Tuesday, Mostly Sunny, Humid, Isolated Showers and Storms, 91 (95) / 74, Winds SE8-10 Wednesday, Widely Scattered Showers and Storms, 92 (97) / 77 Thursday, PtCldy, Breezy, Humid, Isolated evening showers and storms 92 (98) / 76 Friday, PtCldy Bzy, Isolated PM Storms,…… MORE
Half Of All Eligible Texans Have Been Vaccinated
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Sometime during the day Sunday the state of Texas reached a milestone. 50% of its eligible population has now been vaccinated against COVID-19. 14 million of us have received at least one dose of the vaccine. 12 million are fully vaccinated. 19 other states have also reached the 50% vaccination rate. Dallas…… MORE
Allen West Will Challenge Texas Gov. Abbott in GOP Primary
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Allen West, the former Florida congressman and firebrand who rode into office on the tea party wave a decade ago, said Sunday that he will run for governor of Texas in a bid to again seize on restless anger from the right. His odds are far longer this time around:…… MORE
FTW Mayor Mattie Parker: ‘Imperative’ That Trial Date is Set in Aaron Dean Case
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – As Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker settles into her new role, she released a significant statement regarding a former Fort Worth police charged with murder. Parker said that it is “imperative that the trial be scheduled.” Dean was charged with murder in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson. She was…… MORE
Eight Shot At A Fort Worth Car Wash
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Eight people were shot early Sunday morning at a Fort Worth car wash. It happened about 1:30 AM at a self service car wash in the 34 hundred block of Horne Street. A police officer who just happened to be nearby heard a flurry of gunshots, and went right to the…… MORE
Woman Arrested For Disrupting Rockwall’s Parade
Rockwall (WBAP/KLIF) – Rockwall Police arrested a woman Saturday who drove her tractor in the town’s Fourth of July parade even though parade organizers told her they would not allow her to do so. They said Laurie Bostic was not able to control that tractor, so she could not participate. She drove that tractor into…… MORE
Richard Branson Plans To Beat Jeff Bezos Into Space
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson intends to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson’s company announced Thursday evening that its next test flight will be July 11, and its founder will be among the six people on board. The rocket ship will blast off from New Mexico.…… MORE
Soldier Indicted For Death Of Protestor
Austin (AP) – Authorities say an Army soldier who shot and killed an armed protester after driving into a crowd demonstrating against police violence in the Texas capitol last summer has been indicted on a murder charge. An attorney for Sgt. Daniel Perry on Thursday expressed disappointment in the indictment but expressed confidence that Perry…… MORE
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