Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Rolling power outages are occurring all across the state of Texas as electricity grid managers struggle to keep pace with demand. The rolling blackouts were ordered when ERCOT, the agency that runs Texas’ electric grid declared its highest energy emergency level for the entire state, something it hasn’t had to do for…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The Texas council that manages the majority of the state’s electricity has initiated rotating power outages Monday morning as the state experiences a winter storm dropping snow, ice and temperatures. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged residents to reduce electricity. Over a million customers went without power for short periods as…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The NTTA is working around the clock, preparing roads for the winter weather. NTTA maintenance crews are reportedly treating North Texas roads in preparation for freezing temperatures this week. The NTTA uses brine – a heavily salted liquid solution that dries and helps treat roads prior to inclement weather, with more than…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – Authorities say a suspected drunken driver has been arrested after he struck and killed a Dallas police officer who was blocking the scene of an accident. Police said in a statement that Officer Mitchell Penton was standing next to his patrol car with the emergency lights activated early Saturday when the suspect…… MORE
Undated (AP) – Officials in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas are bracing for a winter storm that forecasters say will bring heavy snow and ice to the region. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is warning that all of Texas faces an unprecedented winter storm, and said he’s asking for a federal disaster declaration ahead of the storm.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial. That trial exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with the violence sparked by his defeated presidency. The vote was 57-43, short of…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has reported 324 more deaths from the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 as the state’s pandemic death toll topped 40,000. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that the state’s pandemic death toll from COVID-19 now totals 40,095. The state’s confirmed and probable coronavirus cases rose by 11,371…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin’s police chief is retiring after starting with the city’s police department 30 years ago. Austin officials said Friday that Chief Brian Manley is stepping down after leading the police force since May 2018. Calls for Manley to resign have been persistent following the April police killing of a man who…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A major winter storm was expected to dump freezing rain and snowfall with bitterly cold temperatures over many parts of Texas this weekend through early next week. This prompted officials in Houston on Friday to tell residents to prepare for power outages and hazardous roads that could be similar to those experienced…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – Attorneys for the state of New York are asking a bankruptcy judge to throw out the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case. The state is arguing that the case was filed in bad faith. In a 41 page brief filed in the bankruptcy court in Dallas, New York’s attorneys assert that the NRA…… MORE
