UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Authorities say nearly 20 officers gathered in the hallway of a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman. Steven McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at a contentious news conference Friday…… MORE
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” – and deflect any blame for – the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas expressed heartbreak over Tuesday’s mass shooting in his home town. In a Twitter post,he wrote, “Once again we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedom grants us.” In the post Oscar winning writes that “it’s time to…… MORE
Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Law enforcement authorities in Texas are facing questions and criticism over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers. Investigators are also unable to say with any certainty…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two women who fled the country after they were accused in the Dallas murder of a Seattle woman two years ago are once again in custody in Dallas. Lisa Dykes and Nina Marano cut off their ankle bracelets and disappeared on Christmas day, 2021. They were arrested in Cambodia in February. Cambodia…… MORE
UVALDE (WBAP/KLIF) – Wednesday’s briefing by state leaders on the Uvalde elementary school massacre brought a brief interruption. Governor Abbott was passing the microphone to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick when his Democratic opponent in the race to unseat him stood up to ask about promised changes by the Governor after the 2018 Santa Fe High…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two confessed Mexican cartel drug traffickers admitted in Dallas federal court Tuesday they tried to arrange the murder of the DEA task force officer assigned to their case. That officer was not identified in court. Manuel Garcia Gomez and Jorge Humberto Velazco Larios are believed to be affiliated with Cartel Jalisco Nueva…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas leaders are reacting to Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde that left 22 people, including 19 children dead. The shooter is believed to have been killed by police, according to Governor Greg Abbott. “Texans across the state are grieving for the victims of this senseless crime and for the community of Uvalde,”…… MORE
Update: The death toll has increased in Uvalde after a gunman opened fire in an elementary school. The Texas Department of Public Safety is reported to have updated the death toll to include 19 students and three adults Tuesday evening. UPDATE: UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 15 people were killed in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In a report by Forbes, the FBI thwarted a plot by an ISIS operative living in the united states to assassinate former President George W. Bush in Dallas. The report indicates a search warrant was unsealed this week in Ohio explaining that the operative planned to smuggle in assassins across the US…… MORE
