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A Popular Lakeside Community in South Texas is No More After Dam Collapse

A Popular Lakeside Community in South Texas is No More After Dam Collapse

New Braunsfels, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents along a once lakeside community in South Texas are coming to grips with a new reality. A partial dam collapse Tuesday at Lake Dunlap near New Braunsfels resulted in a complete draining of the lake. Also see: Lake Dunlap’s Future Grim After Partial Dam Collapse Patty Gonzales with the…MORE

President Trump to Detail New Immigration Proposal

President Trump to Detail New Immigration Proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s latest immigration proposal calls for a dramatic shift in the green card system. Instead of favoring relatives of people already in the U.S., the proposed changes would prioritize those with high-level skills, degrees and job offers. Democrats are already criticizing the proposal while some Republicans are expressing skepticism. Trump…MORE

Horrendous Moment When an Elderly Man Was Shoved Off of a Las Vegas Bus

Horrendous Moment When an Elderly Man Was Shoved Off of a Las Vegas Bus

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas have released security video they say shows a woman shoving a 74-year-old man off a public bus after witnesses say he asked her to be nice to other passengers. The video shows Serge Fournier landing face-first on a sidewalk on March 21. He died of his injuries…MORE

Elderly Woman Shot Dead While Sleeping in a Car With Her Dogs

Elderly Woman Shot Dead While Sleeping in a Car With Her Dogs

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Tragic circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 65-year old woman in Oak Cliff overnight. The woman was sleeping a car with her dogs on the front lawn of a family member’s home. She slept in her car because the relatives did not want the animals inside the house. WFAA’s Mike Forbes…MORE

Veggie Products Sold at Whole Foods Markets Recalled

Veggie Products Sold at Whole Foods Markets Recalled

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-based vendor is recalling select salads, wraps and salad bar trays sole through Whole Foods markets in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. In a statement Wedneday, GHSW LLC said it had decided on a recall over concerns that product labels failed to declare soy as a sub-ingredient of the mayonnaise used in…MORE

Hundreds of TSA Employees Sent To US-Mexico Border

Hundreds of TSA Employees Sent To US-Mexico Border

Washington (AP) – The Trump administration is starting to send hundreds of Transportation Security Administration employees to the U.S.-Mexico border to help handle the flow of migrants. The TSA said Wednesday it’s supporting a Homeland Security Department effort, and the shift will affect less than 1% of its 60,000 employees. The agency says it’s minimizing…MORE

Denton Homeless Camp to be Cleared, Mounds of Trash and Junk Near Pecan Creek

Denton Homeless Camp to be Cleared, Mounds of Trash and Junk Near Pecan Creek

DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Denton City Officials are clearing out a homeless camp. The camp is under the Loop 288 bridge in the Pecan Creek area. It’s an approximately 10,000-square-foot wooded area that’s home to around 30 people, according to officials. Sarah Kuechler with the City of Denton said it’s completely filled with trash, human waste, furniture…MORE

Senate Passes “Save Chick-fil-A” Bill SB 1978

Senate Passes “Save Chick-fil-A” Bill SB 1978

Austin – The Texas Senate passed the Save Chick-fil-A religious freedom bill, SB 1978 by a bipartisan vote of 19-12. Last week the House version of the bill stopped on a technicality. The bill makes it clear that government can not punish a private business or entity for making donations to Christian ministries or other…MORE

Stanley Black and Decker Expanding Operations in Alliance Texas, Bringing 500 Jobs

Stanley Black and Decker Expanding Operations in Alliance Texas, Bringing 500 Jobs

ALLIANCE (WBAP/KLIF)- A Stanley Black and Decker Craftsman Manufacturing Plant is opening in Alliance Texas next Summer. The Fortune 500 industrial tools manufacturer already opened a distribution center in North Lake bringing around 300 jobs and the manufacturing plant will bring around 500. Tony Creme Vice President of Hillwood, the real estate developer for Alliance, says…MORE

Ban on Brass Knuckles Could Soon Be Lifted

Ban on Brass Knuckles Could Soon Be Lifted

(WBAP/KLIF) – A ban on kitty keychains and brass knuckles could soon be lifted in the State of Texas. A bill put forth by Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso was filed after a Carrollton woman was arrested for ”possession of a prohibited weapon” after she was found to have a plastic kitty keychain. Moody’s…MORE