Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal magistrate has ordered the leader of the far-right ‘Oath Keepers’ militia group to remain behind bars until his trial for sedition. Stewart Rhodes has been jailed since his January 13th arrest on charges that he plotted with others to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying president joe…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council voted on Wednesday to regulate hours of operation at sexually oriented businesses in the city. The regulation will require those businesses to close daily between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has been an advocate of the regulation for months with the thought that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) -The man who investigators say sold the gun to the man who held four people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue earlier this month has been arrested and charged. 32-year-old Henry Michael Williams reportedly admitted that he sold a pistol to Malik Faisal Akram at an intersection in south Dallas. He was charged Tuesday…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire, according to multiple news sources. The opening paves the way for President Joe Biden to make his first appointment. The Liberal Justice was nominated for the High Court by President George W. Bush in 2005 and took his seat in September…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, along with a group of fellow Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters this week demanding answers from each federal agency charged with protecting Americans from terrorists like Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who held four people hostage at Beth Israel…… MORE
UPDATED: 1/26/22 Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge in Fort Worth on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking two railroad unions from striking. It’s a win for BNSF Railway which sought the order after unions, representing conductors and engineers — or about half of their 35-thousand workers — threatened to strike over a…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston Police Department identified, on Monday, the man wanted in connection to the shooting death of Harris County Constable Corporal Charles Galloway. According to Police, Cpl. Galloway was gunned down Sunday during a traffic stop in Houston. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that witnesses saw a man get out of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Ukrainian-Americans in DFW are asking that the world pay close attention to the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been built up on the Ukrainian border for months as Russian President Vladimir Putin makes clear his demands that no former soviet countries join NATO. According to Chrystya Geremesz,…… MORE
Longview (AP) – An East Texas county commissioner and his wife have pleaded guilty to election fraud charges. Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown and wife Marlene Jackson worked out a plea bargain in which they were each sentenced to one year’s probation and fined $2,000 each. They had been indicted on dozens of vote harvesting…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill government officials in Georgia. 54 year old Chad Stark of Leander is charged with communicating interstate threats on Craigslist following the 2020 election. Federal prosecutors did not identify which Georgia officials Stark allegedly threatened. They did say he could be sentenced…… MORE
