SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered (40%) showers and storms. Winds: SE 5-15. High: 83. SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy with scattered shower or storms (30%). Winds: S 5-10. Low: 70. MONDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered (50%) showers and storms. Winds: s 5-15. High: 84.… MORE
Jim Ross Declares Victory in Arlington Mayoral Runoff Election
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Jim Ross has declared victory as the next Arlington Mayor, replacing term-limited Mayor Jeff Williams. Ross said a main focus is to bring even more jobs to the city. “I’m an entrepreneur first of all so I’m never satisfied with the status quo. Every place I’ve gone to whether it’s the police department,…… MORE
Mattie Parker Elected Next Fort Worth Mayor
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Mattie Parker has been elected the 45th Mayor of the City of Fort Worth. Parker, who is 37 years old, is the youngest leader of a major city. The city of Fort Worth was recently dubbed the 12th largest city in the country, nearing 1 million people. Parker said she ran for…… MORE
Dallas County Run Off Election Results
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Six Dallas City Council seats were up for grabs and on the ballot in the June 5th runoff election. All three of the seats where the incumbent could not run because of term limits faced a run off for districts 7,14, and 4. For Dallas City Council Place 2 James Moreno took the…… MORE
Brother Of Accused Murderer Going To Prison
Fort worth, (AP) – The brother of a Texas man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in suburban Dallas in 2008 has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for helping his sibling evade arrest for more than a decade. Yassein Abdulfatah Said was sentenced Friday in federal court in Fort Worth.…… MORE
NRA Drops New York Lawsuit
New York (AP) – The National Rifle Association has dropped a lawsuit that had accused New York’s attorney general of suing the gun rights group last year out of political hostility. NRA lawyers filed court papers Friday saying they were voluntarily dismissing the lawsuit against Attorney General Letitia James. In a statement, the organization said…… MORE
North Texans Decide Runoff Elections
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Today is the day north Texans settle several run-off elections. Fort Worth voters will be choosing a new mayor. They’ll pick either Deborah Peoples or Mattie Parker to be the city’s first new mayor in a decade. Peoples was a former Democratic Party chairwoman who, if elected, would become Fort Worth’s first…… MORE
Weekend Weather Forecast
TODAY: Mostly cloudy skies with scattered (40%) showers and storms. Winds: SE 5-10. High: 81. SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered (50%) showers and storms. Winds: SE 5-15. High: 80. SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered (60%) showers and storms. Winds: SE 5-15. High: 79.… MORE
Royal Caribbean Sets 2021 Cruises in Texas, Florida and Alaska
MIAMI (AP) – Royal Caribbean is announcing a U.S. summer schedule for eight of its cruise ships. The cruise line said Friday that the ships will sail in July and August from Texas, Florida and Washington state. It also announced a handful of trips in Europe. Royal Caribbean said all crew members will be vaccinated…… MORE
Texas GOP to Revive Voting Bill, Democrats Plot Next Move
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Republicans are pressing ahead with their push for tougher election laws after Democrats’ defiant weekend walkout stopped one of the nation’s most restrictive voting measures. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday had still not called a special legislative session but says he intends to after Democrats blocked new voting laws…… MORE
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