DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Airbnb is offering free rooms for both those evacuating Hurricane Harvey and first responders heading to the Texas coast. It’s part of their disaster response program, which Airbnb began back in 2012 when Tropical Storm Sandy hit the east coast. The program has been activated through September 1st. A spokesperson with…… MORE
(CNN) – As Hurricane Harvey gains strength, residents along the Texas coast aren’t taking any chances; they’re filling sandbags, stocking up on water and boarding up windows. In Corpus Christi, where Harvey could make landfall and Mayor Joe McComb has issued a voluntary evacuation order, Walmart shelves were clearing quickly, as the city canceled Friday’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas Fire and Rescue Task Force has been sent to South Texas by the state in anticipation of Hurricane Harvey hitting the Texas Coast. 70 members of Task Team 2 are headed to San Antonio to assist with any necessary water rescues. “From there they will be given various assignments and…… MORE
(CNN) — South Texas residents are filling sandbags, stocking up on water and boarding up windows ahead of Hurricane Harvey, a system that was upgraded from a tropical storm Thursday. The hurricane is expected to make landfall Friday evening as a Category 1 storm in Corpus Christi, Texas, then stall over the state, the National Hurricane Center…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge has once again thrown out Texas’ voter ID law in the latest court defeat for state Republican lawmakers over voting rights. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos on Wednesday rejected a weakened version of the law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year. Texas had made…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The shortage of school bus drivers in Dallas County is on the mend. Earlier this summer, the county was about 200 drivers short of its goal. But as of Wednesday, that number has dropped to less than 100. “It’s very good, because that’s across all of our districts,” Giddens said of…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police officers shot a man Tuesday evening who was standing in the middle of East Loop 820, waving a knife and screaming at passing vehicles. At least two officers fired on him when he charged them. The suspect was severely wounded. That part of loop 820 was completely closed near Trinity…… MORE
SINGAPORE (AP) – The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet says a number of remains of Navy sailors were found in a compartment of the USS John McCain, a day after the warship’s collision with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters left 10 sailors missing. Adm. Scott Swift also said at a news conference…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Rescue crews have suspended their search for five missing soldiers, one of them a Texan, after an Army helicopter likely crashed near Hawaii last week. 32-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Cantrell was from Wichita Falls and is among the five who were on a training mission when their chopper went missing.…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth’s 87,000 students returned to the city’s 143 schools Monday. Fort Worth has labeled five schools, “leadership academies,” that will work with kids from low income households. Monday morning, Superintendent Kent Scribner and Mayor Betsy Price greeted students outside John T. White Elementary School in East Ft. Worth. “In…… MORE
