GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF)- Schools in Grapevine and Colleyville will be closed January 20-21st due to a surge in Covid-19 cases. “After a thorough review and discussion of the current state of COVID-19 in GCISD, all campuses and facilities will be closed Thursday, January 20 and Friday, January 21. We will resume in-person instruction on Monday, January…… MORE
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AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas filed its final winter weatherization readiness report of the season with the Public Utility Commission of Texas this week. The report shows 321 out of 324 electric generation units and transmission facilities fully passed inspection for new winterization regulations from the Commission. “The Texas electric grid…… MORE
UPDATE 11:55 a.m.: Denton ISD said police have given the “all clear” and campuses operations have returned to normal at Guyer High , Calhoun Middle and Newton Rayzor Elementary schools. Denton Police said one person at Denton High School and one person at Ryan High School have been detained. District spokeswoman Julia Zwar said two…… MORE
LEWISVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A 10-year-old boy who vanished from a family member’s home in Lewisville has been found safe. Lewisville Police said 10-year-old Simon Lian vanished Tuesday afternoon from the backyard of a home in the 700 block of Dewberry Drive near South Parkway Boulevard around 4:30 p.m. Investigators said it’s believed he walked…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A criminal case involving sexual assault allegations against a Dallas megachurch pastor has been referred to Dallas prosecutors, according to the Dallas Morning News. Two sisters, Renee Phillips and Donna Fields were to first lob allegations that Rickie Rush, pastor of Inspiring Bbody of Christ Church in Duncanville assaulted them in the…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the U.S. but raised no red flags, the White House said. Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen, arrived in the U.S. at Kennedy Airport in…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A longtime aide to the Texas Agriculture Commissioner has been indicted on charges of soliciting thousands of dollars in bribes from farmers in exchange for licenses to produce hemp. The Houston Chronicle reports that Todd Smith, a top aid to Commissioner Sid Miller, was indicted Tuesday by a Travis County grand…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The suspected killer who shot a 16-year-old girl 22 times has been arrested. Police say an ex-boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the killing of a 16-year-old Houston girl who was shot 22 times as she walked her dog. Diamond Alvarez was killed on January 11th at a park near…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A wildfire has erupted in a Texas town devastated by a deadly blaze a decade ago. The blaze erupted in a Central Texas state park, forcing evacuations of residential areas in the city of Bastrop, the site of a deadly blaze a decade ago. The fire started in Bastrop State Park just before…… MORE
