AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday, at the request of the State of Louisiana through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, the State of Texas has deployed numerous resources and personnel to support Hurricane Ida response and recovery efforts. Resources include a CH 47 Chinook Helicopter, 14 crew members, 30 Type 1…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — One of the 13 service members killed in Afghanistan is from Texas. 20 year old David Lee Espinoza died in the bombing at Kabul’s international airport, Thursday. The Marine was born in Laredo and grew up in Rio Bravo. The Lyndon B. Johnson high school graduate was honored by the city of Laredo with…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Volunteers from North Texas are headed east to respond to the impacts of hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Southeastern Louisiana Sunday afternoon. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards called Hurricane Ida historic. “This is one of the strongest storms to make landfall here in modern times,” the Governor said. John Hall, with…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A man was hospitalized Sunday after Police said her opened fire inside Plano Police Headquarters. According to Police, Officers responded to a Meet Complainant incident in front of the Plano Police Department Headquarters on 14th Street. The incident described a male, wearing a black shirt and mask, who was behaving erratically. Police said…… MORE
Undated (AP) – Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections, and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar in the nation’s pandemic response. States are hiring new staff and seeking volunteers to bolster the ranks of contact…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Thousands of voting rights advocates rallied across the country Saturday, calling for sweeping protections against what they see as a further erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The rallies came as some states move aggressively to pass laws that critics say will make it harder to vote. Republican lawmakers in…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A 12 state law enforcement investigation that included operations in Texas rescued 47 victims of human trafficking, and led to the arrests of more than 100 suspects. Most of the arrests were made in a series of rapid apprehensions Thursday night into Friday morning. The investigation, code named Operation United Front, used…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – If you’ve got a flight with Southwest Airlines you better make sure it hasn’t been canceled. The Fort Worth base airline is reducing its flight schedule for the remainder of the year. The cancelations are due to numbers factors including the rise in COVID-19 cases impacting travel, and Southwest staff claiming to…… MORE
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States pressed on into the final days of the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan amid tighter security and warnings of more possible attacks Friday, a day after a devastating suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed well over 100 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members. The U.S. said more bloodshed…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members who lost their lives during an attack at the airport yesterday in Kabul, Afghanistan. I ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members killed in yesterday’s horrific…… MORE
