AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Capitol grounds were blanketed with armed Texas State Troopers on Sunday and will be through the Presidential inauguration on Wednesday. The increased security comes in the wake of the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol building this month. The Texas Department of Public Safety said last week that the Capitol…… MORE
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The biggest exhibition in professional wrestling will come back to North Texas in about a year and half. World Wrestling Entertainment says WrestleMania will return to AT&T Stadium in Arlington on April 3, 2022. WrestleMania drew more than 101,000 fans during its first appearance in 2016. Organizers are confident the 2022 event…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The newly retired chief of DART’s Police Department has died. James Spiller took over as leader of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System Police Department in 2005. He retired in mid December, and died Saturday. The cause of his death has not been made public.… MORE
Plano (AP) – When her Plano high school was forced to move online last spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, Charvi Goyal realized that the schoolmates she’d been informally tutoring between classes would still need extra help, but wouldn’t necessarily be able to get it. So she took her tutoring online, as well. Goyal, a…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas House member says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 after rejoining more than 100 fellow lawmakers this week at the state Capitol. State Rep. Joe Deshotel said Friday he doesn’t know where he might have become infected. The Democrat got the result shortly after House members unanimously adopted rules that…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is closing the state Capitol grounds through President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The announcement Friday comes amid warnings of armed protests at statehouses around the U.S. The announcement adds Texas to the growing list of states taking new safeguards following last week’s deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. The Texas Department…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) -Dallas County Health and Human Services announced that this is the same variant discovered in the United Kingdom, and the third case identified within the state of Texas. According to officials, the variant was found in a man in his 20’s, with no recent history of travel outside of the United States.…… MORE
A third resident of north Texas has been arrested for alleged involvement with the mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week. Federal authorities say 58 year old Troy Anthony Smocks urged an armed effort to hunt down Democrats and others. Smocks was arrested Friday, and faces a charge of…… MORE
Austin (AP) – A Texas appeals court has delayed what would have been the first execution scheduled in the state this year. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Friday granted a stay for 31 year old Blaine Milam to review claims he is intellectually disabled. Milam had been scheduled to die by lethal injection on…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Frisco realtor who made several social media posts from last week’s breach of the U.S. Capitol building is now charged for her alleged involvement. Court documents unsealed on Friday show that Jenna Ryan flew from Denton to Washington D.C. on a private plane with others. She posted video of her trip. “I don’t…… MORE
