Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Houston authorities are investigating the causes of Friday night’s crowd surge at a concert that left at least eight people dead, and dozens injured. They say they will focus on key causes behind the surge, and what could have been done to get attendees out of harm’s way. While the Houston Police…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Glenn Heights Police Department issued a statement today indicating that 14-year-old resident Stevie Johnson is scheduled to be back with her family this weekend. According to the police statement: Glenn Heights PD located the missing girl – who was the subject of Monday’s Texas Amber Alert – on Friday afternoon when…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is hailing Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion infrastructure package as a “monumental step forward for the nation.” This, after fractious fellow Democrats resolved a months-long standoff in their ranks to finally seal the deal. The package is a historic investment by any measure, one that Biden compares in…… MORE
Fort Worth (AP) – Prosecutors say a man has been convicted of capital murder for killing his wife and 3 month old son in 2016. The Tarrant County district attorney’s office says 40 year old Craig Vandewege was automatically sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after jurors found him guilty Thursday. Prosecutors noted that Vandewege…… MORE
Update 11/6/21 @ 1:55p Governor Abbott Issues Statement about Houston Concert AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement after the tragic event that took place last night at the Astroworld Festival in Houston. Eight people are reported dead and several others injured after a crowd surge. “What happened at Astroworld Festival last night…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A prosecutor says a woman charged in connection with the death of her 8-year-old son could face fraud charges. Gloria Williams is accused of receiving the dead boy’s government assistance even after he was allegedly beaten to death by the woman’s boyfriend. Williams remained jailed, Friday, after being charged with felony injury to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Top Democrats have abruptly postponed an expected House vote on a 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure. The Democrats’ long struggle to balance demands from progressives and moderates once again dogged that pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. In a bid to hand him a needed victory, leaders prepared to…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas National Guard continues to prepare for the potential arrival of more migrant caravans to the Mexico border. Major Michael Perry said on Thursday that guard members are conducting rehearsals under ‘Operation Steel Curtain.’ “That’s where we’ve identified these areas in these different task force locations,” said Major Perry. “And we’ve been…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday that Texas and several allied states, and companies, are suing the Biden Administration for its vaccine requirement imposed on private businesses. President Biden committed on Thursday to requiring all private employers in America with 100 or more employers to have workers get vaccinated against…… MORE
Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – A witness at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial says the first man shot on the streets of Kenosha was acting “belligerently” but did not appear to pose a serious threat to anyone . Jason Lackowski is a former Marine who said he was in Kenosha during turbulent protests over racial…… MORE
