AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Days after a portion of Lamar Street in Dallas was renamed Botham Jean Boulevard, legislation inspired by the life and death of Botham Jean was proposed in the Texas legislature. It is time to create change in Texas and State Representative Carl Sherman (District 109) was poised to do just that when…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search continues for a Rains County teen who police said was abducted by her non-custodial father, a registered sex offender, and who may be in the Dallas or Mesquite area. An Amber Alert has been issued for 14-year-old Lexus Gray of Pilot who was taken by 40-year-old Justin Gray. According to…… MORE
SUEZ, Egypt (AP) – After being stuck sideways for almost a week across the Suez Canal, a massive container ship is now free and on the move. On Monday, crews managed to free the Ever Given using a flotilla of tugboats and helped by the peak of high tide, according to the Associated Press. It’s…… MORE
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The high-profile trail of a former Minneapolis police officer begins today in George Floyd’s death, and jurors may not wait long to see parts of the bystander video that caught Derek Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck. Floyd family attorney Ben Crump said outside the courthouse ahead of opening statements that the trial…… MORE
Ellis County (WBAP/KLIF) – The discovery of a body in Ellis County has led a warrant for the arrest of 28-year-old Trenton James Adams. Last Wednesday someone called the sheriff’s department saying they think they found a dead body. The body was identified by the medical examiner as Jordan Von Hoffman. The cause of death…… MORE
Associated Press (WBAP/KLIF) – A GOP lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump on his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results is now playing a central role coordinating the Republican effort to tighten voting laws around the country. Cleta Mitchell, a longtime Republican lawyer and advocate for conservative causes, is also fighting Democratic efforts…… MORE
AP – A delay in census data is scrambling plans in some states to redraw districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. The Census Bureau has said redistricting data that was supposed to be provided to states by the end of March won’t be ready until August or September. That’s after the deadline to…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas is set to begin making COVID-19 vaccines available to anyone who wants one. On Monday, Texas will become the most populous U.S. state to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults. The state has nearly 30 million residents. This will come more than a month before President Joe Biden’s goal of…… MORE
Houston (AP) – The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers. That alarms child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety. The FBI fingerprint checks use criminal databases not accessible to the public and can overcome…… MORE
Mexia (WBAP/KLIF) – The suspect wanted for the Friday night shooting of a Texas State Trooper apparently killed himself Saturday evening when he was surrounded in a house he was hiding in near Mexia. 36 year old DeArthur Pinson reportedly shot trooper Chad Walker when Walker pulled over to the side of highway 84 to…… MORE
