AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The brother of a 20-year-old student who was shot and seriously injured by police at a protest in Austin, Texas, says officers’ use of less lethal munitions, such as beanbags, should be reviewed. Justin Howell was hospitalized in critical condition after the May 31 protest and discharged this week. He was…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence has called off campaign events in Florida and Arizona for this coming week as the states experience a surge in new coronavirus cases. The White House says Pence will still travel to those states to meet with their governors and health teams. Florida and Arizona have set records…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors allege that a woman burned down her $1.6 million suburban Fort Worth mansion while trying to destroy documents from her husband’s health care clinic as authorities were investigating the couple for fraud. A seven-count federal indictment, filed June 17, charges Mark and Melissa Kuper with conspiracy to commit health…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force met with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and local health officials Sunday in Dallas as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to experience steep increases. The COVID-19 positivity rate in Texas was just over 4% at the end…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Vice President took a visit to Dallas Sunday morning to speak at a Dallas church and meet with state leaders to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Pence spoke at First Baptist Dallas Sunday morning for a the ‘Celebrate Freedom Rally’. In his 30 minute speech, Pence spoke about the accomplishments made…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The debate on if the government should be allowed to implement mask requirements rages on in Texas as the state halts its reopening due to a massive spike in confirmed cases and hospitalizations. Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen told WFAA’s Inside Texas Politics that if Texans want to see businesses re open…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University regents are creating a panel to consider whether any statues, buildings or other tangible tributes on the Waco campus reflect a racist past. The regents adopted a resolution Thursday that recognizes that most of the university’s founding fathers were slaveholders, racists and white supremacists when the school was founded…… MORE
Zavalla (WBAP/KLIF) – A 40 year old pilot was killed early Saturday morning when his small plane crashed as he tried to land on a private runway in East Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety says James VanLue of Tomball was killed in the crash about 2:00 AM, but no one happened upon the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association is celebrating the extension from Governor Greg Abbott on allowing mixed drinks under the alcohol-to-go waiver. TRA President Dr. Emily Williams Knight says this is another helpful moment during the struggles in the coronavirus pandemic. “If you’re a restaurant that now that has a lot of bottles that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Another record breaking day with Dallas County reporting 561 new COVID 19 cases and seven deaths. “It is imperative that we all wear our masks outside of our homes and around other people,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted Saturday afternoon. “It’s up to all of us to flatten the curve and…… MORE
