AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Tuesday, directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy additional state resources to support Florida’s response and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. “The State of Texas will continue supporting Floridians in need as their state recovers from the significant damage caused by Hurricane…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced on Wednesday that 25-year-old Jordan Christopher Jacobs, of Plano, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for capital murder. “An innocent man was out enjoying dinner with a friend when his life was taken by a violent stranger. The jury’s verdict…… MORE
(Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott is now acknowledging that the New York City mayor’s office reached out about trying to co-ordinate migrant drop-offs from Texas to NYC. It’s was a claim made by NY Mayor Eric Adams himself in an interview during the The Texas Tribune Festival over two weeks ago. Adams said…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Meals on Wheels in Tarrant County is in dire need of volunteer delivery drivers to help with an increase in demand in east Fort Worth. There are currently seventeen open routes available and volunteers are having to double up on routes to cover the Handley Woodhaven area. “We’ve got…… MORE
UPDATE: Texas executed the inmate who won a legal battle to have his pastor beside him in the death chamber, despite the efforts of the Nueces County District Attorney who tried to stop it. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said 38-year-old John Ramirez died by lethal injection in Hunstville last night. In March, the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suffers a loss in Federal court and has been ordered to testify in a high-profile abortion case. With the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade and the implementation of the Texas Heartbeat Bill, abortion groups have balked at assisting women seeking abortions for fear of prosecution.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate. The Trump team asked the court Tuesday to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Military Department confirmed on Tuesday that a Texas National Guard member assigned to Operation Lone Star at the Southern border died in Eagle Pass. “We are deeply saddened to have lost one of our own today. We extend our deepest condolences to the family,” said Maj. Gen. Thomas Suelzer, The Texas…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Big Tex turned 70-years-old on Tuesday and fair-goers celebrated in style. “We have not celebrated in a big way since he turned 60,” said the fair’s Karissa Condoianis. “So, making it ten years since the fire, and now having Big Tex standing tall and celebrating 70 makes this feel like a very…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The union representing Fort Worth-based American Airlines is applauding the new Federal Aviation Administration’s new rest rule for flight attendants. The FAA announced Tuesday that its now mandatory for flight attendants to get a minimum ten hours of consecutive rest between shifts. The change comes after years of studies…… MORE
