(WBAP/KLIF) — Two Texas banks will combine to become the 6th largest bank in the nation. A combined 85 bank branches in Texas are affected. The Cadence Bank and Bankcorp South Bank merger boasts a combined $40-billion in assets. The new bank will retain the name of Cadence Bank, with the merger to be complete…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to side with employers who impose vaccine mandates for workers, the Texas Attorney General is attempting another suit to prevent such mandates. Ken Paxton filed litigation, Friday, against the biden administration for ordering federal contractors to mandate workers receive the COVID vaccine to remain employed. Paxton says…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- One of North Texas’ largest airshows returns to Dallas Executive Airport from October 29-31, 2021, when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) hosts the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow, presented by Frost Bank. The interactive event features spectacular flying demonstrations, battle reenactments, veteran appearances, living history encampments, hands-on family and educational activities, aircraft rides,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration has paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The agency authorized the kid-size doses on Friday. But there’s one more regulatory hurdle. Next week, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss which youngsters should get vaccinated.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – In response to recently passed legislation, the NAACP is discouraging professional athletes from signing contracts in Texas. The NAACP announced this week that it sent a letter to every professional sports players’ association in the country, urging its free agents to reconsider signing contracts in Texas. In recent months, Texas Governor Greg Abbott…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Local health experts are encouraging parents and kids to be safe this Halloween weekend. The North Texas Poison Center, housed at Parkland Memorial Hospital, had a few tips for trick-or-treaters this week. “Children will be children and each year we receive calls from anxious parents whose child has bitten into a glow…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Capitol attack, announced Friday he would not seek reelection next year. The military veteran, who won a long-shot suburban congressional district a decade ago, became one of a handful…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of the film industry where critics say the pursuit of profit can lead to unsafe working conditions. With a budget around $7 million, the Western “Rust” was no micro-budget indie. The previous best-picture…… MORE
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – Two neo-Nazi group members have been sentenced to nine years in prison each in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists. FBI agents arrested former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews, U.S. Army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr., and a third member of a group called…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The electricity provider says more than 100,000 of its customers lost power. The outages occurred in a number of DFW neighborhoods, as well as in such diverse cities as Killeen and Temple south of the metroplex, and Lufkin and Tyler to the southeast. Most of the damage was caused by trees toppled…… MORE
