Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Today is Election Day for the texas primary runoff races. Candidates for Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Railroad Commissioner, Land Commissioner, Comptroller of Public Accounts and several U-S House seats are being considered. The most closely watched race is the contest between incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton and State Land Commissioner George…… MORE
A Flood Watch is in effect for counties east of I-35 and south of I- 30 from Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening. Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 79. South southeast wind between 11 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.…… MORE
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – One of Texas most renowned high school football programs announced its next Head Coach on Monday. Lee Wiginton has been named the Head Coach of the Allen Eagles football program, Allen ISD announced. According to the district, Wiginton is currently the Head Coach of Midlothian Heritage High School and President of the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott will visit the state’s southern border on Monday, days after a Federal Judge postponed the end of Title-42. The policy allows the U.S. to directly expel migrants during the COVID pandemic. Governor Abbott will tour Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety border security assets after an aerial…… MORE
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. The judge on Friday blocked a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to lift the restrictions next Monday. Migrants have been expelled more than 1.9 million times since March 2020 under…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department terminated an Officer this week following an administrative investigation into a use of force incident that occurred in January. The department released video of the incident on Friday. According to FWPD, on January 28, Officer Mitchell Miller arrested a person for public intoxication and transported him…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The number of reported COVID-19 cases in North Texas are on the rise, while immunity appears to be falling. According to the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, the week-over-week increase in positive reported cases in Dallas County is in the 30-40% range if you average out over several weeks to account for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Rick Bowness is out as Head Coach of the Dallas Stars. The team made the announcement on Twitter Friday afternoon. Stars GM Jim Nill thanked Bowness for his time in Dallas. According to the team, the search for a news coach is underway. Copyright 2022. WBAP/KLIF News. All Rights Reserved.… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The US Census Bureau has released the results of a follow-up survey it conducted on the accuracy of its own national head count in 2020. It concludes not all states were counted equally well. Six states had the greatest number of errors, and Texas is one of that half-dozen. According to the…… MORE
Washington (AP) – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has blasted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal woes as an “embarrassment.” The senator on Thursday gave the sharpest rebuke of Paxton to date from a senior Texas Republican as Paxton appears poised to win the party’s nomination for a third term. Paxton has been under state felony…… MORE
