MCKINNEY – (WBAP/KLIF) – No issues were reported with voting machines or voters having difficulty getting into polls, or even aggressive campaigning by last minute political die hards at or too near election polls themselves. But voter registration, early voting counts, and even voting numbers on election day smashed records for mid term elections this…… MORE
ANSON – (WBAP/KLIF) – A 24 year old man convicted of the rape of a 10 year old girl in Dallas County when he was 16 years old has been handed a death sentence for the 2016 beating and choking death of a prison guard at Abilene’s Robertson Unit Prison. Inmate Dillion Gage Compton attacked…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country’s chief law enforcement officer. Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that Sessions’ chief of staff Matt Whitaker would become the new acting attorney general. The attorney general…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington voters gave the green light to impose term limits on city council members and the mayor. 63 percent of voters approved the measure on election night, which means three two-year terms for elected officials. It was placed on the ballot after supporters gained more than 11,000 signatures. Zack Maxwell led…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump announce via Twitter this morning that he’ll hold an 11:30am White House press conference on the 2018 Midterm election results. I will be doing a news conference at The White House – 11:30 A.M. Will be discussing our success in the Midterms! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) Voters in Frisco have approved a nearly 700-million dollar bond package for the school district. Nearly 60% of voters approved the measure which will help build new schools, renovate old schools and pay for a new fine arts auditorium. Voters also approved a tax swap. It will move money from the tax rate…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Republican Ted Cruz is returning to the Senate, scuffed by a surprisingly close race but still President Donald Trump’s take-no-prisoners defender on the hard right in Texas. His own White House ambitions remain intact, too. What’s next for Rep. Beto O’Rourke is less clear. His loss deflated supercharged Democrats across…… MORE
DALLAS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Colin Allred wins 32nd Congressional District in Dallas County over long time Incumbent Pete Sessions. “To me this is about North Texas, the people in this district were ready for fresh ideas they were ready for new leadership, they wanted change,” Allred said. “They were ready for someone that was on their…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Collin County voters have elected State Senator Van Taylor to the U.S House of Representatives, representing Texas Congressional District 3. “They wanted a proven leader with a track record of listening and solving problems,” Taylor told WBAP/KLIF. “That’s certainly what I did in the Texas legislature and what I’ll do in…… MORE
(AP) – Republican Sen. Ted Cruz fended off rising-star Democrat Beto O’Rourke to win re-election in a much-watched Texas race that began as a cakewalk but needed a visit from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the top. Cruz finished a surprising second in the 2016 Republican presidential primary and began the…… MORE
