WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation following another mass shooting in Texas. Asked about a Senate vote on House-passed legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases, McConnell says, “The administration is in the process of studying…… MORE
Update at 5:00pm: Students and staff were allowed back inside by lunch. Police stayed on campus after additional threats were received by the school. A threat was also received by the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Administration Building. The district says additional officers may be on campus this week. Original story: GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Students and…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Police say a man pulled a gun at a Popeyes restaurant in Houston after being told they were out of chicken sandwiches. Houston police Lt. Larry Crowson says officers were called to the restaurant Monday night after a group of people tried to order a chicken sandwich. Crowson says, “When the manager…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American Airlines is being sued by a passenger who is claiming discrimination after an incident earlier this year. The lawyer for Dana Holcomb of Killeen said during a press conference last Thursday, that his client was “taken off an airplane so that a dog could fly in the first class cabin.”…… MORE
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Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unleashed the F-bomb during a campaign stop in Virginia Saturday night. He was reacting to the latest mass shooting in his home state. A gunman in West Texas who went on a shooting spree, killing 5 people while randomly firing from his vehicle and then from a…… MORE
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage “was on a long spiral of going down” and had been fired from his oil services job the morning he killed seven people, calling 911 both before and after the shooting began, authorities said. Officers killed 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator on Saturday outside a…… MORE
UPDATED: 7:55AM FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) – Hurricane Dorian is beginning to inch northwestward after being stationary over the Bahamas, where its relentless winds have caused catastrophic damage and flooding. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm has started moving about 1 mph (2 kph) Tuesday morning and its speed is expected to increase slightly…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Around 100 crew members from Dallas-based organization, Texas Baptist Men are traveling to Florida to offer assistance as Hurricane Dorian approaches. John Hall with TBM says they are sending their first wave of people tomorrow. “The organization is bringing a mobile kitchen that can serve u p to 15,000 meals a day, a…… MORE
ODESSA, Texas (AP) – Authorities say the gunman in a West Texas rampage was fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the mass shooting began. Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said Monday that 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator had been fired over the weekend from Journey Oil Field Services. He said…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- In light of the recent tragedies and mass shootings, MedStar is offering a free class to teach citizens what to do in an emergency and how to become a first responder. Matt Zavadsky with MedStar says the ‘Stop the Bleed’ class will teach bystanders how to control a life threatening hemorrhage,CPR and…… MORE
