TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The governors of four states announced plans Monday to lift statewide mask requirements in schools by the end of February or March, citing the rapid easing of COVID-19′s omicron surge. The decisions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey and Oregon were announced as state and local governments grapple with which virus restrictions…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A fake license plate tag debacle at the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has resulted in the resignation of the agency’s chief. The resignation of Whitney Bewster comes on the heels of the seizure of 42 fake paper plate tags in mid-January, according to the Dallas Morning News. As part of a…… MORE
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – Police say a woman fell to her death from a mast on a historic ship that’s featured at a Texas museum after her safety harness somehow came unclipped. The 58-year-old woman died Saturday after falling from a mast on the tall ship Elissa, which is berthed at Galveston’s seaport museum. Authorities…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Beto O’Rourke made a stop in Dallas during his campaign for Texas Governor. Democratic candidate O’Rourke met with state leaders at Paul Quinn College to discuss his vision for the state. O’Rourke said that vision includes creating more jobs, increasing teacher pay, expanding Medicare and making sure everyone has the same opportunity to…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – The U.S. Air Force has been ordered to pay more than $230 million in damages to survivors and victims’ families for a deadly shooting at a Texas church. The ruling comes from a Texas federal judge who earlier decided that the Air Force was liable for the massacre carried out by…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Police are honoring a fallen officer with the unveiling of a portrait almost one year after he was killed in the line of duty. Police say officer Mitchell Penton was struck in his patrol car and killed by a drunk driver on February 13th, 2021. The division’s first watch commander Lt. Yancey…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The young man whose killing at the hands of Minneapolis Police sparked ongoing protests and calls to end no-knock warrants had plans to move to North Texas. 22-year-old Amir Locke’s family said he was going to move to Dallas this week to be closer to his mother Karen Wells, with a…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – For the first time in nearly two years, Air France will resume its non-stop flights to Paris from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport late next month. The flights were halted in March 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFW-to-Charles De Gaulle Airport flights will resume on March 27;…… MORE
BEIJING (AP) – Jakara Anthony of Australia has captured the women’s moguls title at the Beijing Olympics. Anthony’s back flip with a grab at the bottom of the course sewed up the gold medal Sunday on the Secret Garden Olympic course. Her score of 83.09 edged American Jaelin Kauf, who had been poised to pick…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against North Texas influencer Brittany Dawn Davis alleging deceptive trade practices. The suit target’s Davis’ former online fitness venture, Dawn Fitness LLC, alleging that it misled followers with eating disorders According to the lawsuit thousands of customers bought what were touted as “individualized”…… MORE
