WASHINGTON (AP) — The day started with one Republican congressman from Texas announcing he would retire and ended with another, a long-serving former committee chairman from Wisconsin, saying he too was ready to bow out, signaling the House GOP mood as the party tries to find its path back to the majority in 2020. With…… MORE
Austin (WBAP KLIF) – Consumers and businesses are urged to reduce their electricity use on Thursday, Sept. 5 and Friday, Sept. 6, especially during the hours of 2 to 7 pm . “ERCOT’s job is to ensure power is available all over Texas,” said ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness. “When electricity demand and heat…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas judge will decide when and if Fort Worth City leaders will be questioned and present documents in the case against former Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald. At a hearing Wednesday morning City representatives and Fitzgerald and Attorney Stephen Kennedy went back and forth about whether or not the city should reveal documents that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Kroger said it is “respectfully” asking its customers to no longer openly carry firearms in its stores, other than authorized law enforcement officers. The Ohio-based company, which is the largest traditional U.S. supermarket operator behind Walmart, also said it supports stronger background checks and taking guns away from at-risk individuals. “We are…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is dismissing calls to hold an emergency legislative session on guns following a violent August that began and ended with mass shootings. The Texas Legislature doesn’t meet again until 2021, which Democrats said Wednesday is too long to wait for new safeguards in the wake of mass…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas House and Senate are forming committees that will consider ways to help prevent gun violence and mass shootings. Calls for action have been growing since 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso last month and seven people were killed in a shooting rampage…… MORE
NFL .COM (WBAP/KLIF) – Ezekiel Elliott has a new massive contract extension that will keep him wearing the Cowboys’ star for years to come. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Jane Slater reported Wednesday that the Cowboys and Elliott have agreed to a six-year, $90 million extension, per sources informed of the deal. Zeke will be on the practice field today.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – When American Flight 80 taxiied from the gate at DFW this morning, it marked the end of an era for the plane that’s been in service for the Fort Worth-Based carrier for 36-years. The planes were instrumental in American’s expansion in the 1980s and 90s. New York aviation blogger Jason Rabinowitz was…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – A total of 127 military construction projects are being sidelined by a Pentagon decision to shift $3.6 billion to build part of President Donald Trump’s border wall. Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the transfer of funds on Tuesday. Officials say details about the projects losing their funding will be released after Congress…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday for fatally stabbing an 89-year-old woman and her daughter more than 16 years ago in their Fort Worth home. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the 2003 killings of Pearl Magouirk and…… MORE
