AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the deployment of the new Texas Tactical Border Force to the Texas-Mexico border to respond to the growing border crisis at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in Austin on Monday. With Title 42 expiring this Thursday, Governor Abbott is enhancing Texas’ border security efforts with the tactical deployment…… MORE
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – A memorial is growing on the edge of Allen Premium Outlets in Allen following Saturday’s mass shooting that left 9 people, including the shooter dead. According to Police, the gunman opened fire just after 3:30 Saturday afternoon. He’s been identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia of Dallas. The FBI searched what’s believed to…… MORE
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – The shooter in the mass killings at the Premium Outlet mall in Allen is being identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia. Garcia reportedly lived in a motel at the time of Saturday’s shooting. The FBI searched a home believed to be his parent’s house in Dallas. Another Dallas location was also searched in…… MORE
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – Reaction is pouring in following Saturday’s mass shooting in Collin County. According to Allen Police, a shooter killed 8 people, and injured at least 7 others, after opening firing at the outdoor mall Saturday afternoon while thousands of shoppers browsed the outlet stores. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement on the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson enters a second-term after running uncontested in Saturday’s May 6 municipal election. It’s not often that the Dallas Mayor runs without an opponent. “That hasn’t happened in this city since 1967,” Mayor Johnson toLD WBAP’s Saturday Morning News. “And from what I understand, it doesn’t happen very often…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, receiving the bejeweled St. Edward’s Crown in a ceremony built on ancient tradition at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save the king!” at…… MORE
Some of these storms will become severe with large hail and damaging winds. Slow-moving storms and localized instances of heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding. Timing for showers and storms is between 3 pm and 11 pm. Today A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny,…… MORE
Storms will initiate along a north-south oriented dryline expected to be just west of our region. Across North Texas, isolated to scattered strong to severe storms may pose mainly a large hail and damaging winds threat. The greatest concentration of is expected to be across Central Texas. Thursday A 40 percent chance of showers and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is advising its employees of a possible ransomware attack. A memo to employees from the City of Dallas Chief Financial Officer said that a number of servers are being impacted by a possible ransomware attack. The city’s security monitoring tools notified the Security Operations Center about the likely…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Republican senator Ted Cruz is pushing back after Democratic Congressman Collin Allred announced he is running against Cruz in the race for his Senate seat. “Democrats have once again turned to a far-left radical to run for Senate,” said Cruz spokesperson Nick Maddux on Wednesday. “Not only does Colin Allred vote with Nancy…… MORE
