Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – The popular fast-food chicken joint is stepping up to help the Maui relief effort. Raising Cane’s will donate 15-percent of profits Thursday, August 17 to a homeless housing center in the city of Lahaina. The Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center (KHAKO) is a 78-unit facility that was destroyed in…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Hollywood actor and native Texan Matthew McConaughey and his family are working to help survivors of the catastrophic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The death toll has climbed to at least 106, hundreds are still missing and more than 2,200 structures were destroyed. The Pacific Disaster Center and…… MORE
Highs near 90 today/lows inthe 70s in NTX today (Wednesday). The fire threat will remain elevated across the entire region due to the hot and dry weather coupled with abundant dry fuel. Poor air quality is expected in and around the DFW metroplex this afternoon. High near 107 on Thursday. Today Sunny, with a high…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – One firefighter was injured as crews battled a large blaze just north of downtown McKinney early Tuesday morning. The fire broke out around 1:20 a.m. near North Kentucky Street and West Heard Street. Two houses and an upholstery business suffered extensive damage. Mckinney Fire Chief Paul Dow said no one…… MORE
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DALLAS (AP) — Police video released Monday by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas being taken to the ground by officers, profanely berating them and threatening to report them to the governor during an altercation at a rodeo last month. In body camera video, the former White House physician can…… MORE
WACO (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The woman who helped dispose of the body of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen in 2020 was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 25-year-old Cecily Aguilar pleaded guilty last year to one count of accessory to murder and three counts of false…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – Former President Donald Trump and several allies, including Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and attorney Rudy Giuliani, were indicted in Georgia on Monday, accused of scheming to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. It’s the fourth criminal case to be brought against the former president and the…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury in Georgia heard testimony into the evening Monday in the election subversion investigation into Donald Trump. It continued a long day punctuated by the mysterious and brief appearance on a Fulton County website of a list of criminal charges against the former president that prosecutors later disavowed. The document,…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott has issued a Disaster Declaration due to wildfires across the state.Several counties across the metroplex including Dallas, Denton and Tarrant are included in the disaster declaration. The move makes additional resources available to fight wildfires. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service wildfire activity is expected to continue as…… MORE
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Dallas Cowboys runningback Ezekiel Elliott is reportedly signing with a new team. NFL sportswriter Ian Rapoport tweeted Monday that Elliott will sign a one-year deal with the New England Patriots. The report details the deal as a one-year deal worth up to $6-million. Elliott posted “One Five, all the way…… MORE
