JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The flu season is off and running in the Deep South. The most recent weekly flu report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds high levels of flu-like illness in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. The highest level in that report for the week ended Nov.…… MORE
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (AP) – The Latest on South Dakota Plane Crash (all times local): 4:45 p.m. An Idaho-based company says its two founders and seven of their relatives died in a weekend plane crash in South Dakota. Travis Garza, president of the wellness company Kyani, said in a Facebook post that the crash near Chamberlain…… MORE
KATY, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old boy shot and wounded his older sister and killed her boyfriend during “a house party gone bad” in a Houston suburb. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says on Twitter that the boy shot his 18-year-old sister and her 20-year-old boyfriend with a shotgun at a home in…… MORE
PIEDRAS NEGRAS – Media reports a likely cartel attack and shootout on the town of Villa Union, in the state of Coahuuila has killed at least 14 people including that of shooting deaths of suspected gang members by Mexican security forces. Officials say the town was attacked with rapid gunfire, leaving the dead scattered on…… MORE
FORT WORTH -WBAP/KLIF – Fort Worth’s first responder system Medstar is reporting significant increases in the number of rollover crashes this holiday weekend, with the final hours still to count down. 10 rollover crashes are reported thus far during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend; 17 have been documented for the entire year. Zavadsky reports 102 crashes…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Elections Department Administrator, Toni Pippins-Poole, wants to know what you think about the concept of voting centers recently adopted in the county. Dallas County will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 3 to receive comments and statements from the public regarding the use of Countywide Vote Centers used in…… MORE
DALLAS – Staff with the Dallas Galleria say the final numbers have yet to be tallied, but they say they expect as much as a 30-percent hike in holiday sales for Dallas Galleria retailers as compared with last year. Holly Quartaro with the Galleria says Black Friday shoppers were waiting for others to leave before…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS – The driver believed responsible for causing a wrong way crash on East Loop 820 Thursday morning is charged with intoxication manslaughter, after the 17 year old victim in the crash died. 29 year old Neomi Martinez was already jailed following the crash that also injured two others, and killed a dog…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales. Adobe Analytics says carts filled on phones, computers and tablets rang up $7.4 billion in transactions. That ranks just behind the $7.9 billion haul of last year’s Cyber Monday, which holds the one-day record for online sales. Adobe expects online…… MORE
Belize (WBAP/KLIF) – Tragedy struck 3 North Texas families in 2 separate crashes while on holiday cruise vacations in Belize; each were on separate shore excursions when the accidents occurred. A couple from Grand Prairie — Adrian and Sara Armijo were killed when their tour bus was hit head-on Wednesday. Mrs. Armijo was a long-time…… MORE
