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Tarrant Area Food Bank in Need of Volunteers for Mega Mobile Markets

Tarrant Area Food Bank in Need of Volunteers for Mega Mobile Markets

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant Area Food Bank is in need of volunteers to help staff it’s Mega Mobile Markets that have expanded to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Families can pick up free nutritious meals there every Wednesday until the end of the year. The TAFB’s Michael Polydoroff said the number of…MORE

Governor Abbott Adds Illegal Voting Penalty Increase to Third Special Session Agenda

Governor Abbott Adds Illegal Voting Penalty Increase to Third Special Session Agenda

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a message to the Secretary of the Senate on Thursday identifying legislation to increase the penalties for illegal voting as an additional agenda item for the Third Special Session that began on Monday, September 20. The Governor said the the penalties were reduced in Senate Bill 1 that…MORE

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Firing 13 Times During Floyd Protest

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Firing 13 Times During Floyd Protest

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Texas man who says he is affiliated the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has pleaded guilty to opening fire on a Minneapolis police station last year during unrest over the death of George Floyd. Ivan Harrison Hunter was accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle on the Third Precinct police…MORE

Audit of Dallas’ IT Department Reveals “poor data management & oversight’

Audit of Dallas’ IT Department Reveals “poor data management & oversight’

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An audit of the City of Dallas’ IT Department revealed millions of Dallas police files have been lost due to poor data management and lack of oversight; that’s according to results released on Thursday. The shortfalls led to a lone former IT employee deleting over 8 million mostly police department files. The…MORE

University Installs Memorial To Man Killed By Dallas Police Officer

University Installs Memorial To Man Killed By Dallas Police Officer

SEARCY, Ark. (AP) – A Black man who was shot and killed in his apartment by a white off-duty Dallas police officer has been honored with a memorial at his alma mater on what would have been his 30th birthday. Botham Jean, a 2016 graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, was shot and killed…MORE

Molotov Cocktail Targets Democratic Headquarters

Molotov Cocktail Targets Democratic Headquarters

(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Democrats are targeted with a Molotov cocktail. Austin police are searching for a man wearing an American flag bandanna who tried to set the Travis County Democratic headquarters on fire with a Molotov cocktail. Fortunately, the fire bomb did not ignite, but a small paper fire resulted, which was quickly extinguished by…MORE

Republicans Release a 4th Redistricting Map

Republicans Release a 4th Redistricting Map

(WBAP/KLIF) — With 11 days left in the special legislative session, Texas Republicans have crafted another redistricting map. The map came out, Thursday, and proposes to strengthen republican districts. Democrats and Latino advocacy groups protested the proposals which they say have fewer districts with a majority of minority voters. Republican leadership said race wasn’t taken…MORE

Community Comes to the Aid of Residents Displaced by Apartment Explosion

Community Comes to the Aid of Residents Displaced by Apartment Explosion

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The effort to assist families impacted by this week’s explosion at a South Dallas apartment complex is citywide. The American Red Cross DFW continues to work with the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management and apartment property management to assist residents displaced by the explosion. Following the blast, local officials evacuated…MORE

Congress Passes Bill to Avert Partial Government Shutdown

Congress Passes Bill to Avert Partial Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) – With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through December 3rd. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The votes will help avert one crisis, but efforts to stave off a second crisis that…MORE