HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A Texas man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt more than two decades ago was executed Wednesday evening without media witnesses present because prison agency officials neglected to notify reporters it was time to carry out the punishment. Quintin Jones received the lethal injection at the state penitentiary in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Professional tennis is returning to Dallas after being absent from the city for decades. GF Sports & Entertainment, a global sports and entertainment events and operations company, announced on Wednesday that the company is bringing an ATP 250 men’s tennis tournament to the new, Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at SMU in Dallas, starting…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Transportation Security Administration is asking potential travelers to be aware that the security checkpoint experience looks much different to those who have not flown since the start of the COVID pandemic. TSA employees and airport personnel at Dallas Love Field Airport said on Tuesday that they are prepared to handle the increased…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – Garland Police are investigating the death’s of a man and his eight-month-old baby, whose bodies were found at an apartment complex Tuesday evening. Officer responded to the apartment community in the 6300 block of Shiloh Road around 5:30 p.m. after a woman called 9-1-1 and said her baby was not breathing…… MORE
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has become the largest state with a law that bans abortions before many women even know they are pregnant. The measure signed Wednesday by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott puts Texas in line with more than a dozen other states that have so-called heartbeat bills. The measures ban abortions…… MORE
The Colony, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Colony Police say a man remains hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting early Monday as they continue a search for his missing pickup truck. After receiving numerous calls about the incident around 2:30 Monday morning, police found the man lying unresponsive in the street in the 2800 block…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas House lawmakers have reached a compromise bill on weatherizing the state’s power infrastructure. In the bill ( a rewrite of SB 3), unveiled on Tuesday, the state would require updating electrical generating plants and some natural gas wells, along with pipelines and compressors linked to them. But in what is perceived…… MORE
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) – A memorial honoring the 10 people who were killed during a shooting at a Texas high school in 2018 has been unveiled on the third anniversary of the deadly incident. On May 18, 2018, eight students and two teachers were killed at Santa Fe High School, when another student opened…… MORE
There’s a wild card in the push to return to pre-pandemic life: Many workers don’t want to go back to the jobs they once had. Layoffs and lockdowns, combined with enhanced unemployment benefits and stimulus checks, gave many Americans the time and the financial cushion to rethink their careers. Their former employers are hiring again…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A 2019 plane crash that killed 10 people at Addison airport is ruled pilot error. The National Transportation Safety Board released their investigation report Tuesday that a loss of engine power was handled improperly. On June 30th, 2019 a King Air 350 carrying eight passengers and two pilots crashed just 17 seconds after take-off, killing…… MORE
