AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group that oversees the reliability of the nation’s electrical sector says Texas is again at risk of blackouts this winter because of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state’s electricity grid. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation issued a report Thursday saying Texas could have a…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that real estate services and investment firm CBRE, Inc., will, over the next 13 years, create 460 new jobs and more than $29 million in capital investment at its Dallas headquarters, and 550 new jobs and more than $13 million in capital investment at a…… MORE
Governor Greg Abbotts campaign is bringing in millions of dollars in donations. His campaign raised nearly $5 million between September 7th and October 19th. The money is said to come from more than 240 counties and all 50 states. 43-percent of those donors are said to be new. In total, 42-thousand people donated to Abbott’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An appeal in the murder conviction of former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger has been denied. Guyger is serving a 10 year prison sentence after she said she shot Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment that she mistook as her own in 2018. A request for lesser charges was denied last summer,…… MORE
Glenn Heights (WBAP/KLIF News) – Glenn Heights Police are searching for two missing women who have been diagnosed with cognitive disabilities. 22-year-olds April Carrier and Judith Tidwell were last seen Tuesday night at a gas station connected to a Sonic restaurant on Beckley Road near I-35E. Carrier is white, 5’2″ tall, 135 pounds with brown…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The ongoing controversy over “inappropriate” content in Texas public schools, resulted in the Texas State Board of Education this week rejecting proposed sex-ed materials for middle and high schoolers. The 15-member board gave a preliminary thumbs down to instructional materials that includes topics like contraception, gender identity and self-harm, according to the…… MORE
Mansfield, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Mansfield daycare has been sued over its hiring practices and saftey protocols The suit against the Everley Rose Infant and Toddler Learning Center located at 1745 N Walnut Creek Dr., and employee Caitlin Luttman of Waxahachie alleges that Luttman stabbed a toddler with a ballpoint pen, according to the Fort…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two weeks have passed since the Supreme Court’s extraordinarily rushed arguments over Texas’ unique abortion law without any word from the justices. They raised expectations of quick action by putting the case on a rarely used fast track. And yet, to date, the court’s silence means that women cannot get…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Local artists are adding their own flare to a long standing holiday tradition. At the Sundance Square plaza in Downtown Fort Worth you will see a 55-foot Norway Spruce tree that was harvested in a snowy town in Michigan and sent all the way to Cowtown. The Sundance Square Christmas tree has…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword. It was an extraordinary rebuke on Wednesday that highlighted the political strains testing Washington and the country. The resolution will also remove…… MORE
