Austin (AP) – Texas Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs, the state’s top elections official, will resign at the end of May. Hughs was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in 2019, but never received the required confirmation vote by the state Senate. Hughs said in a letter to Abbott that the time is right for…… MORE
Killeen (AP) – A Texas grand jury has declined to indict a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man who rushed toward him during a mental health call. The case was presented Wednesday to a Bell County grand jury, which declined to indict Killeen police Officer Reynaldo Contreras. Contreras, a five year veteran…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A new freeway off ramp opened Saturday morning connecting northbound I-35E to the Dallas North Tollway. The entrance to the new ramp is located about 1/2 a mile south of the old ramp. It exits I-35E just before passing under the Woodall Rodgers Freeway. The change is part of a $79 million…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas House and Senate conferees reached an agreement on House Bill 1927, better known as constitutional carry. The measure would do away with the need to have a license to carry a gun in Texas. “By working together, the House and Senate will send Governor Abbott the strongest Second Amendment legislation in…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – A dog belonging to Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott reportedly bit two people Thursday in Frisco. The dog, a Rottweiler, was one of three that were running through Frisco’s Starwood neighborhood. The Rottweiler is said to have bitten two people who are now hospitalized. It’s not clear whether all three dogs…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists announced on Thursday that they have identified the first two cases of the B.1.617.2 (Indian origin) variant of COVID-19 infection in North Texas using next-generation sequencing technologies along with targeted PCR testing. According to officials at UT Southwestern, the emergence of the Indian variant is concerning because it…… MORE
CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carrollton Police Department is investigating an early morning shooting in the Police department parking lot. According to Police, three officers were standing in the parking lot in civilian clothes before the 5 a.m. shift change on Thursday when someone drove by and opened fire. “First they heard a gunshot, which got…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Transportation Security Administration is asking potential travelers to be aware that the security checkpoint experience looks much different to those who have not flown since the start of the COVID pandemic. TSA employees and airport personnel at Dallas Love Field Airport said on Tuesday that they are prepared to handle the increased…… MORE
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has become the largest state with a law that bans abortions before many women even know they are pregnant. The measure signed Wednesday by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott puts Texas in line with more than a dozen other states that have so-called heartbeat bills. The measures ban abortions…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas House lawmakers have reached a compromise bill on weatherizing the state’s power infrastructure. In the bill ( a rewrite of SB 3), unveiled on Tuesday, the state would require updating electrical generating plants and some natural gas wells, along with pipelines and compressors linked to them. But in what is perceived…… MORE
