HEMPHILL COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The first lawsuit in connection to the deadly Smokehouse Creek Fire in the panhandle has been filed. Melanie Mcquiddy of Hemphill County filed the lawsuit on Friday. She’s suing the Southwestern Public Service Company after her home near Canadian burned down, alleging the over 1 million acre fire was…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Fort Worth police are reassuring the public that the popular West 7th District is safe after a the man wanted for a deadly shooting over the weekend turned himself in Monday. 29-year-old Karlove Palmer is in the Tarrant County Jail on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of…… MORE
An estimated 85% of beef cattle in Texas are raised in the Panhandle, with expectations the disaster will see prices of beef going up in supermarkets nationwide. 12 million cattle are, or were, estimated to be in the Panhandle in or in the path or near to the fires. Researchers find the Texas fire season…… MORE
BORGER (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Officials with the City of Borger said it’s in need of clean up materials such as shovels, rakes, gloves and heavy duty trash bags as it continues to clean up areas ravaged by the ongoing wildfires in the panhandle. In a Facebook post on Sunday; the city said its immediate…… MORE
PANHANDLE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A second death has been reported as a result of the wildfires that continue to scorch the Texas panhandle. The family of Cindy Owen said she died on Thursday after being caught in a wildfire near Pampa. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the truck driver got out of…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later in…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November. Cornyn, who served as McConnell’s No. 2 in leadership before he…… MORE
STINNETT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – What is now the largest wildfire in Texas history has scorched over 1 million acres in the Texas panhandle since it began Monday and claimed the life of at least one victim. The family of 83-year-old Joyce Blankenship said she died at her house in Stinnett. The Smokehouse Creek fire…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution. The justices’ order maintains a hold on preparations for a trial focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate,…… MORE
