UPDATED: 1/26/22 Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge in Fort Worth on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking two railroad unions from striking. It’s a win for BNSF Railway which sought the order after unions, representing conductors and engineers — or about half of their 35-thousand workers — threatened to strike over a…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston Police Department identified, on Monday, the man wanted in connection to the shooting death of Harris County Constable Corporal Charles Galloway. According to Police, Cpl. Galloway was gunned down Sunday during a traffic stop in Houston. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that witnesses saw a man get out of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Ukrainian-Americans in DFW are asking that the world pay close attention to the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been built up on the Ukrainian border for months as Russian President Vladimir Putin makes clear his demands that no former soviet countries join NATO. According to Chrystya Geremesz,…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The ongoing COVID pandemic which has triggered a severe shortage of teachers and substitute across North Texas. In an effort to fill the gaps, Arlington ISD has announced a job expo happening this week at the Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center from 5pm-8pm. AISD is hiring in all positions from…… MORE
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
