Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A man with a rifle shot three deputies in Houston early Saturday morning. He killed one of them. The other two are hospitalized. One of them is reported in critical condition. The deputies were gunned down a little after 2:00 AM while answering a disturbance call at a bar. Houston Police describe…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined DFW area Afghan Special Immigrant Visa holders, and refugee resettlement organizations on Friday at the Northwest Community Center in Dallas to discuss the resettlement process. The roundtable touched on the resettlement process to assist SIV holders with job-skills training, mentoring, language learning, and additional services. Leaders from the Northwest Community Center, International Rescue Committee in Dallas, Refugee Services of Texas,…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Hundreds of students at Guyer High school in Denton participated in a walk out Friday morning. The walk out was said to be in support of an alleged sexual assault victim. A spokesperson for the Denton Police department said on Oct. 6 a 15-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after an alleged…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund [NLEOMF] honored fallen police officers in 2020 and 2021 during it’s 33rd annual candlelight vigil ceremony. During the ceremony the names of all 701 fallen officers nationwide in the past two years were read. Two-thirds of those who died succumb to COVID-19. Lori Sharp-Day, Board…… MORE
Washington (AP)- Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital Tuesday with an infection but he is “on the mend,” his spokesman said Thursday. Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening for a non-COVID-related infection, Angel Ureña said in a statement. “He is on…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The BMW Dallas Marathon Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year after being canceled last year because of COVID. “The BMW Dallas Marathon Festival is a beloved annual tradition in our city — one that we have missed as we battled through the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mayor…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Four members from Dallas Fire-Rescue were injured in an apartment explosion at the Highland Hills Apartment Complex in late September. While one of those firefighters was discharged that same day, three firefighters were hospitalized at Parkland in critical condition. According to DFR, all three are improving and are in serious but stable condition. DFR said Wednesday that Captain…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it is launching a civil rights investigation into conditions at juvenile detention facilities in Texas, as well as allegations of sexual abuse inside those facilities. “Over the last few years, and as recently as last week, at least 11 facility staff members have…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden announced his administration brokered an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation. It’s an effort to relieve supply chain bottlenecks and move the stranded container ships that are driving prices higher for American consumers. The president discussed the agreement during a speech Wednesday…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to place state response and recovery resources on standby due to the potential threat of severe storms, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding from a cold front interacting with moisture from Hurricane Pamela. The storms are forecast to move across Texas through…… MORE
