(WBAP/KLIF) — The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for North Texas until 10:00 p.m. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 187 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDTFOR THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTIES: BASTROP, BELL, BLANCO, BOSQUE, BROWN, BURNET, CALLAHAN, CLAY, COLEMAN, COLLIN, COMANCHE, COOKE, CORYELL, DALLAS, DENTON, EASTLAND, ELLIS, ERATH, FALLS, GILLESPIE, GRAYSON, HAMILTON,…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Rangers are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in McKinney. It happened Friday morning at the American Inn Motel on West University Drive near Coleman Street. Officers were called to the scene around 5:17 a.m. after the McKinney Police Department received several 911 calls about an “active disturbance” at…… MORE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday. Purple signs will soon go up along a seven-mile stretch of State Highway 5 in the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie — designating it the Prince Rogers…… MORE
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t…… MORE
DECATUR (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A boil water notice remains in effect for Decatur residents until at least Saturday at five pm. City officials said a 12-inch water line off business Highway 380 was hit by a contractor installing underground utility on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the city said crews stopped the leak but…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising strength despite rising interest rates, chronically high inflation and a banking crisis that could weaken the economy. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, matching a 54-year low. But the jobless rate fell in part…… MORE
Some of these storms will become severe with large hail and damaging winds. Slow-moving storms and localized instances of heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding. Timing for showers and storms is between 3 pm and 11 pm. Today A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — AAA Texas released its weekly gas price survey, which shows the Lone Star State with the second lowest price for gas in the nation. Mississippi leads the nation at $3.06 for a gallon of regular unleaded, while California has the highest price at $4.85. Gas prices have fallen again across Texas, as the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was one of four people convicted on Thursday of orchestrating a plot for members of his far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 election. A jury in…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) -The Mckinney Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. In a Facebook post, the department said Captain Jaime “Bull” Graham died Thursday morning from injuries sustained in an off-duty motor vehicle wreck. Graham had been with the fire department for more than 24 years and was a…… MORE
