Austin (AP) – Six people have been arrested on a variety of charges as the state’s crackdown on protesters at the Texas Capitol continues. The Texas Department of Public Safety says 22 year old Gabriel Brett Krug of Temple, and 18 year old Jordan Chance Teal of Austin have been charged with felonies. Krug is…… MORE
Washington (AP) – The Justice Department has scheduled two additional federal executions weeks after it fought off last-minute legal challenges, and successfully resumed federal executions following a 17 year pause. The executions of Christopher Andre Vialva and William Emmett LeCroy were announced on Friday. They are both scheduled to be carried out in late September.…… MORE
San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – A fire department spokesperson in San Antonio says one person was killed and two others were injured Saturday when a small plane crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff. Federal Aviation Fire spokesperson Tony Molinaro said in a news release that a single engine Piper PA-28 crashed and burned shortly…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The number of reported coronavirus cases in Texas has surpassed 375,000, and state health officials report 168 more deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the illness. State health officials on Saturday reported 8,112 more confirmed cases of the the virus to bring the total reported to 375,846, and the death…… MORE
Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF) – South Texas is dealing with floods caused by the weekend onslaught of what is now Tropical Storm Hannah. Hannah roared ashore from the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic cyclone season made landfall twice Saturday afternoon within…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Chinese consular officials left the Chinese consulate in Houston Friday. The Trump administration had ordered the facility to shut down, alleging that it was a nest of spies. Vans bearing diplomatic plates left the consulate Friday afternoon. Federal agents then checked the locked doors of the consulate, and a locksmith was seen…… MORE
Houston, (WBAP/KLIF) – Working into the early morning hours Monday, delegates to the Texas Republican Party’s convention in Houston elected Allen West their new party chair, replacing James Dickey. West is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. He served one term in congress as a representative of south Florida. Then moved to north Texas in…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The state of Texas reported 7,300 new coronavirus cases Sunday. That brings the state’s reported total to more than 325,000 since it began tracking cases in March. The state also reported 223 new deaths, for a total of a few less than 4,000. Dallas County reported 1,044 new cases; a total of…… MORE
Austin (AP) – A judge has dismissed federal felony charges against the former CEO of a Texas ice cream company in a case arising from a 2015 listeria outbreak that killed three people. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman of Austin dropped the case against former Blue Bell Creameries CEO Paul Kruse because prosecutors did…… MORE
Austin (AP) – A health official on the Texas Gulf Coast says 85 infants have tested positive for the coronavirus. Corpus Christi Nueces County Public Health Director Annette Rodriguez said during a public health update that the 85 infants are each younger than 1, but offered no details. Texas health officials have reported more than…… MORE
