MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County authorities are promising transparency in the investigation into the recent death of a jail inmate. Marvin Scott III died in the Collin County jail Sunday after he was arrested on a marijuana charge in Allen. Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said Friday that Scott began acting strange in the jail…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott blasted the Biden Administration on Friday over conditions of the federally run unaccompanied minor facilities in Texas caused by sudden surge of minors coming across the border. According to the Governor, the water at the federally run unaccompanied minor facility in Midland was not proven safe prior to placing children…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Local non-profit groups are providing support to the temporary shelter for migrant teenagers at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Faith Forward Dallas is one of several organizations pitching in while as many as 3,000 migrants will be housed at the convention center in comings weeks and months. Andrew Paley…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced the expansion of Operation Lone Star on Wednesday while speaking to reporters in Dallas. The enhanced operations includes efforts to crack down on human trafficking related to illegal border crossings. As part of this expansion, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and agents, as well as the Texas…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. The attacks began around…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Emergency Intake Site at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas is expected to begin housing up to 3,000 migrant teenagers on or around Wednesday, March 17, according to Health and Human Services. “The Emergency Intake Site will provide ORR with needed capacity to accept additional children into its care…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- An Arlington family of the 80-year-old man who was killed in a hit and run while checking the mail is urging anyone with information to come forward. Sylvia Smith, daughter of Roy Smith said they cannot go another day without justice for him. “I just want to break down and cry because since…… MORE
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who refused to wear a mask at a Texas bank. Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of 65-year-old Terry Wright of Grants Pass, Oregon. The incident on Thursday at a Bank of America in Galveston was captured by the officer’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Love Field Airport will receive more than $15.5M in Coronavirus Relief Funds. The Dallas airfield was awarded two federal grants totaling $15,586,214 in relief funds following the economic distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding, which was appropriated by Congress in December as part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott is prioritizing election integrity legislation this session. The Governor named election integrity as an emergency legislative item earlier this year and doubled down on his priorities during a briefing Monday in Houston. He was joined by Senator Paul Bettencourt and Representative Briscoe Cain, who have both filed several pieces of…… MORE
