AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott advised Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot this week to call on President Joe Biden to secure the border in response to her request that Texas stop transporting migrants to her self-declared sanctuary city. In a letter to Mayor Lightfoot, the Governor said he reminded her of the necessity of Texas’…… MORE
HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers discovered the bodies of seven people Monday, including the suspected remains of the teens and a convicted sex offender who was sought along with them, the local sheriff said. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the state medical examiner will have…… MORE
TORONTO (AP) — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not immediately available. Considered one of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Stars will face the Seattle Kraken in the second round of the NHL Western Conference Stanley Cup Playoffs. Seattle beat the Colorado Avalanche Sunday night to advance to play the Stars. Dallas will have home-ice advantage against the Kraken, with Game 1 set for Tuesday night at the American Airlines…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Allied Pilots Association, certified collective bargaining agent for the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, announced on Monday that its membership has voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike. “The summer travel season is almost here, and we’re all wondering whether this will be another summer of uncertainty for American…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off further banking turmoil in the U.S. San Francisco-based First Republic is the third midsize bank to fail in two months. It is the second-biggest bank…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced a $50,000 reward this week for a Texas Department of Public Safety top 10 fugitive who the Governor said is in the country illegally and killed five illegal immigrants in a shooting Friday night in Cleveland, Texas. “Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Members of the Allied Pilots Association, the certified collective bargaining agent for the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, who have been participating in a strike authorization vote throughout the month of April, will hold a picket on Monday. “Informational picketing that is designed to send a unified message to passengers and…… MORE
UPDATE 4/29/2023 6:40 PM: After a day long manhunt in which officials stated they believed they had the suspect in this mass shooting contained within a mile or two size area, a bevy of federal law enforcement teams have joined in the search and declared they do not know where the suspect is; “10, maybe…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A Dallas police officer and a K9 were injured in an overnight shootout with a suspect in an earlier shooting in Pleasant Grove. The incident started just after midnight in the 9300 block of Briggs Street near Cypress Avenue. Dallas police said the incident began with a 911 call around…… MORE
