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Early Voting for May 1 Elections Ends Tomorrow

Early Voting for May 1 Elections Ends Tomorrow

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Early voting for the May 1 elections ends tomorrow. It’s a wide open field in for mayor races and city council seats across the metroplex. In Arlington and Fort Worth, there are almost 10 candidates running for mayor alone; also in Arlington, the local elections are the first since term limits voted…MORE

DFW Has Less Than a Month Supply of Housing Inventory Say Realtors

DFW Has Less Than a Month Supply of Housing Inventory Say Realtors

DALLAS — Dallas-Fort Worth has less than a one-month supply of housing inventory on the market — and home prices are way up. Broker Michael Coburn says the lack of home choices for buyers makes the DFW market “unhealthy.” He says “One of the biggest things we see in this market is the amount of…MORE

Texas’ Top Doc Urges Resumed Use Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Texas’ Top Doc Urges Resumed Use Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Austin (AP) – Texas health commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt says vaccine providers should resume using the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. Hellerstedt said in a statement that “scientific review over the last 11 days has affirmed its safety and effectiveness.” Federal health officials on Friday said they were lifting  an 11 day pause on J&J…MORE

Rare U.S. Coin Prototype Sells For Much More Than Expected

Rare U.S. Coin Prototype Sells For Much More Than Expected

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A battered and worn copper coin that was struck by the original U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794, and was a prototype for the then brand new country’s silver dollars and other coins has been auctioned for considerably more than expected. Dallas based Heritage Auctions sold the coin Friday evening for $840,000.…MORE

Allen Resident Arrested For Murders Of His Mother And Sister

Allen Resident Arrested For Murders Of His Mother And Sister

Allen (WBAP/KLIF) – A 20 year old Allen resident has been arrested for the murders of his mother and sister. The bodies of Isil Borat and Burcu Hezar were found Saturday morning in their home near the Twin Creeks Golf Club in Allen. Burak Hezar was arrested at DFW Airport, waiting for a flight to…MORE

Texas Ends Clergy, Spiritual Advisers Ban in Death Chamber

Texas Ends Clergy, Spiritual Advisers Ban in Death Chamber

HOUSTON (AP) – Officials have announced that Texas prisons have resumed allowing clergy as well as spiritual advisers in the death chamber, reversing a two-year ban created after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of an inmate who had argued his religious freedom was being violated because his Buddhist spiritual adviser wouldn’t accompany him.…MORE

Longhorn Band will be Required to Play ‘The Eyes of Texas’

Longhorn Band will be Required to Play ‘The Eyes of Texas’

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The University of Texas has announced that its marching band and pep band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” school song when they return to performing. But the school will also create a new alternative band in 2022 that won’t play it. A group of athletes and students…MORE

Over 40 Firearms Stolen From Gun Dealers in DFW

Over 40 Firearms Stolen From Gun Dealers in DFW

(WBAP/KLIF) — Over 40 guns were stolen from North Texas gun dealers in April.  Metroplex firearms stores have been the target of break-ins over the past two weeks. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Republic Arsenal in Coppell, Elliot White Gun Company in North Richland Hills, and SK Arms in Flower Mound have…MORE

Air Force One Subcontractor Cuts Jobs

Air Force One Subcontractor Cuts Jobs

Fort Worth (AP) – A subcontractor that was working on the new Air Force One aircraft until Boeing gave it the boot has announced it is cutting 223 jobs. GDC Technics CEO Brad Foreman said the job cuts are the direct result of Boeing’s actions. In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission GDC said…MORE

Two Motorists Killed By Pieces Of A Crane

Two Motorists Killed By Pieces Of A Crane

Beaumont (AP) – Authorities say two men were killed when part of a crane fell on their pickup truck as it traveled on Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Stephanie Davis says the truck was traveling westbound on I-10 just southwest of Beaumont when the crane experienced “some type of…MORE