Austin (WBAP/KLIFI) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is wants the Texas Supreme Court to toss a whistleblower lawsuit against him. Last February four former officials with the AG’s office said they were wrongly fired after accusing Paxton of accepting bribes and other improprieties. In October, the 3rd court of appeals allowed the lawsuit to…… MORE
RIO VISTA (WBAP/KLIF News) – Rio Vista Independent School District canceled classes Monday and Tuesday due to a staffing shortage caused by COVID-19. In a letter to parents, the district said the testing results and a lack of substitute teachers needed to cover COVID-19 positive staff members who will need to be out led to…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early as next year — after Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation to automatically become law Sunday. Opponents have vowed to challenge the new law, which the…… MORE
Cedar Hill, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A woman was killed inside a Cedar Hill hair salon Saturday morning when an suv crashed into the lobby. It happened around 9am at the Great Clips location in the the 400 block of East FN-1382. The victim was identified as Janet Hutchins, by the Dallas County medical examiner’s office.…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bob Saget, a comedian and actor best known for his role the sitcom “Full House,” has died. He was 65. The Orange County, Florida, sheriff’s office said via Twitter it was called Sunday about an “unresponsive man” in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando. The man, whose death was…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his candidacy for a third term as state governor on Saturday, Jan. 8. The Republican governor made the highly-anticipated announcement during a speech at the Hispanic Leadership Convention in McAllen, where he tried to gain the support of the Hispanic population. “The fact of the matter is, the…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s not often that Ted Cruz finds himself having to mend fences with the right. But that was the Texas senator’s challenge after Tucker Carlson on Fox News assailed him for calling the Jan. 6 Capitol riot “a violent terrorist attack.” Cruz went on Carlson’s show Thursday night to apologize for…… MORE
(DALLAS; WBAP/KLIF) – Funeral services for a Euless police officer killed in a suspected drunk driving crash Thanksgiving weekend are being held in Keller today. Detective Alex Cervantes was killed in collision at an intersection in which officials believe a drunken suspect ran a red light. His wife was hospitalized for more than a month;…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two women charged with murder for the October 2020 stabbing death in Dallas of a Seattle woman who was vacationing in Texas have cut off their ankle monitors, and fled while out of jail on bond. 50 year old Nina Marano and her 58 year old wife, Lisa Dykes, face murder charges…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Border Patrol Agents in Texas are reporting high infection rates of COVID among their ranks since the onset of the omicron variant. U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently released a statement saying agents will continue to deliver on important agency missions. Officials suspect over 2-million known illegal aliens have crossed the southern border.…… MORE
