EL PASO (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials and residents in El Paso acknowledged on Tuesday, the two year anniversary of the mass shooting at local Wal Mart store that left 23 people dead. According to Police, alleged shooter Patrick Crusius of Allen drove to El Paso where carried out the massacre on August 3, 2019. A manifesto…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas Republicans wants to audit the 2020 election results in just the large, mostly Democratic counties across the state. If they get their way, they’ll miss many of the real — but minor — errors in the state’s vote count. That’s according to a team of researchers that conducted a…… MORE
Cleburne, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The push continues to vaccinate eligible Texans as the Covid delta variant is increasingly impacting people who have not been vaccinated. Rural counties in north texas are having a rough go of it. Dr. Rahulkumar Singh [rah-ul-ku-mar sing], Chief Medical Officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Cleburne Hospital says that they’ve…… MORE
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham has tested positive for the coronavirus. The South Carolina Republican is the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated. Graham said in a statement Monday afternoon that he “started having flu-like symptoms Saturday night” and went to the doctor Monday morning. Graham said…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas school district is beginning the school year in phases. Students and staff at five Dallas ISD schools returned to the classroom on Monday for what will be a longer year than others in the district will have. “These five schools are pioneers in getting caught up from learning loss,”…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A District Judge in Dallas county is requiring masks inside the court room. Judge Maricela Moore issued an order requiring masks be worn inside all county court buildings as the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in North Texas. The order includes the George Allen Building, the Frank Crowley Courthouse,…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Severe weather that moved across the metroplex Sunday afternoon caused some wind damage in parts of Tarrant County. Officials also say that lightning strikes likely caused three house fires in Tarrant County. Two fires in North Fort Worth on Birdville Way and Horse Whisper Drive were quickly brought under control; while…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year expired Saturday. The moratorium, put in place by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, has been the primary tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, and have fallen months…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A four day, mid summer march across central Texas wrapped up at the Texas State Capitol in Austin Saturday. The marchers walked 27 miles in all to demonstrate their objections to proposed voting reforms now under consideration by a special session of the Texas Legislature. They see the proposals as an attempt…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Up to 2,000 Texas legislative staffers are caught in the political crossfire in the standoff over voting restrictions. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed the Legislature’s $400 million section of the budget after Democrats walked out of a legislative session in May and blocked the GOP’s plan to reduce polling hours and ballot…… MORE
