MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – As Mesquite Police work to find the person who shot and killed a local teen, city officials have planned a prayer vigil for the community tonight. 16-year-old Key’Mydre Palmer Anderson was found laying in the roadway with a gunshot wound to the chest along Clay Mathis Road near Creek Royal Drive…… MORE
North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – The leader of the anti-government militia group ‘Oath Keepers’ is expected to appear before a federal magistrate in Plano later today. Stewart Rhodes’ lawyers will argue that he be released on bail pending his trial on seditious conspiracy charges. The feds last week charged Thodes and 10 others in connection with…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department is ordering the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to leave the country and allowing non-essential staff to leave Ukraine. The move comes amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine despite talks between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister…… MORE
Longview (AP) – An East Texas county commissioner and his wife have pleaded guilty to election fraud charges. Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown and wife Marlene Jackson worked out a plea bargain in which they were each sentenced to one year’s probation and fined $2,000 each. They had been indicted on dozens of vote harvesting…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill government officials in Georgia. 54 year old Chad Stark of Leander is charged with communicating interstate threats on Craigslist following the 2020 election. Federal prosecutors did not identify which Georgia officials Stark allegedly threatened. They did say he could be sentenced…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched in the nation’s capital Friday with a growing sense of optimism about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights. The March for Life was held as the Supreme Court has indicated it will allow states to impose tighter restrictions on abortion with a…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor’s demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol a year ago. Last week, the Travis County district attorney’s office had set a four-day deadline for Paxton to turn over the records…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- SMU is building $100 million, three-tiered end zone complex at Ford Stadium. The project is spurred by a $50 million donation from the Garry Weber Foundation, established by former Mustang football letterman Garry A. Weber ’58. It is the largest gift in the history of SMU Athletics and will help fund the192,500-square-foot Garry…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The music world has another legend. Dallas-born rock superstar Meat Loaf has died at the age of 74. The cause of death for the singer, born Marvin Lee Aday, was not revealed by the family but TMZ reports Meat Loaf was seriously ill with COVID-19 before he died. The singer sold…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general on Wednesday sued Google, alleging the company asked local radio DJs to record personal endorsements for smartphones that they hadn’t used or been provided. In the lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said Google engaged in false and misleading practices in violation of the Texas Deceptive…… MORE
