BUTNER, N.C. (AP) – A defense attorney says the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis. Defense lawyer John Phillips says Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was taken from a federal medical center…… MORE
Undated (AP) – Researchers are calling on the public to report monarch butterfly sightings in eight states including Texas. The scientists want to hear about sightings from December 1 to March 1 in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The observations should be reported at journeynorth.org. Researchers say the information…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The Supreme Court could rule as soon as Monday on the new Texas law that all but bans abortions after roughly six weeks. The court said on its website Friday that the justices plan to issue at least one opinion Monday. If so, that will be the first formal opinion of the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Longtime U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas announced, Saturday, that she is not running for reelection after serving nearly three decades in Congress. Johnson was first elected to Congress in 1992 and is the longest-serving member from Texas. The 85 year-old was the first Black woman ever elected to public office in…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas County Justice Initiative is honoring a man falsely accused and lynched in 1910. A ceremony took place, Saturday, to memorialize Allen Brooks in downtown Dallas where the tragedy occurred. Brooks was lynched in downtown Dallas on March 3, 1910. a memorial for the man now marks where it happened. The dedicated…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A new initiative by a United States border city is helping children in Mexico to receive COVID-19 vaccines. A group in San Diego is running the program through December. Mexico has joined the program, in part, because it did not have enough vaccine supply to cover the younger population. Hundreds of Mexican children…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Two West Texas high schools come together after a tragic school bus accident kills three people on Friday. An Andrews High School band director and bus driver were killed in a fiery crash on the way to a rivalry football game with Big Spring. 53-year-old band director Darin Kimbrogh Johns and 69-year-old bus…… MORE
Del Rio (AP) – Air Force officials say a pilot was killed and two other pilots were injured, one critically, in a crash of two jet trainers at Laughlin Air Force Base in West Texas. The crash involving two T-38C aircraft happened Friday morning on the ground at the base near Del Rio, Texas, which…… MORE
Washington (AP) – The Supreme Court could rule as soon as Monday on Texas’ restrictive new abortion law. The court announced on its website Friday that the justices are planning to issue at least one opinion Monday. There’s no guarantee a Texas law will be the one, but the court did put two similar Texas…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Family and friends will pay their last respects to the North Texas youngster who was crushed to death and trampled during a massive crowd surge at the concert. Ezra Blount was the 10th person to die from injuries sustained during Travis Scott’s performance. His aunt said the boy was an outgoing performer that…… MORE
