Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Five months after the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the House and Senate have come to an agreement that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol. 21 House Republicans refused to support the legislation, including Texas Reps Louie Gohmert and Chip Roy. Texas Rep. Lance…… MORE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – Democratic members of the Texas Legislature are in Washington, D.C. this week to meet with Congressional leaders, Senate leaders and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss their successful attempt to temporarily block Republican-led voting legislation in Texas. Some of the Texas Democrats who killed the voting bill by walking out of the…… MORE
Wise County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Wise County Sheriff’s Department is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the suspect they say shot and wounded a rhome police officer on Sunday. The department issued an old photo of 43-year old Royce Edward Wood over the weekend. he’s shown with a bald…… MORE
A local real estate agent faces an additional charge for her participation in the Jan. 6th. U.S. Capitol riot. Katherine Schwab, of Colleyville, is now facing five charges regarding the incident. She was arrested back in February and charged with entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority and more. On June 7,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas or ERCOT is asking Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible through Friday, June 18. The agency says a significant number of forced generation outages combined with potential record electric use for the month of June has resulted in tight grid conditions. Generator owners…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued a Blue Aert on behalf of the Wse Cunty Sheriff’s Office for the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of a Rhme Police officer. Royce Edward Wood is 43 years old and described as a white male, 6 feet-2 inches tall, 200 pounds,…… MORE
Cape Canaveral (AP) – The price to ride a rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during Saturday’s live online auction. The Amazon founder’s rocket company, Blue Origin, did not disclose the winner’s name. That identity will be revealed closer to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that former Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018. They called it “shocking” and a “gross abuse of power.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said in a statement Friday that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In a video released to the media today, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick officially announced that he is running for re-election in 2022. “I am running for re-election in 2022. Democrats are bragging again that they are going to turn Texas blue and I am not about to let that happen. We will…… MORE
CARBIS BAY, England (AP) – President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were all smiles during their first meeting, taking place in England just before an international summit Johnson is hosting. The leaders had planned to meet on the spectacular island of St. Michael’s Mount, but that trip was scrubbed because of bad…… MORE
