DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants have been removed from an encampment at a Texas border town, U.S. officials said Monday as they defended a strong response that included immediately expelling migrants to their impoverished Caribbean country and faced criticism for using horse patrols to stop them from entering the…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott will provide a border security update at the international bridge in Del Rio Tuesday afternoon. According to the Governor’s Office, Abbott will be joined by Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Texas Military Department Adjutant General Tracy Norris, and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd. The trip…… MORE
Grapevine, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Before a packed house, the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD last night voted not to renew the embattled principal’s contract last night. The vote kicked off off a process that will allow James Whitfield to respond within 15 days. Before the vote the board listed performance issues and insubordination among other things as a…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people seeking to test the legality of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. Former attorneys in Arkansas and Illinois filed lawsuits Monday against Dr. Alan Braid, who in a…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Another special session began on Monday inside the State Capitol in Austin. It’s the third special in the 87th Texas legislative session. A quorum was held in the House and Senate as lawmakers prepare to tackle agenda items laid out by Governor Abbott. Those items include redistricting. “Every 10 years we get…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Monday that he sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting an emergency declaration for the State of Texas as a result of the escalating crisis at the Texas-Mexico border, specifically due to what he called “the dire situation in Val Verde County.” Thousands of Haitian migrants…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Houston police officer is dead and another one is battling injuries sustained in a shooting Monday morning. According to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner, William “Bill” Jeffrey and Sgt. Michael Vance were shot while serving a search warrant at a apartment complex in northeast Harris County. Investigators said the suspect…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – CVS is hiring for 25,000 positions nationwide, including more than 3,000 in Texas, in an effort meet demand for the upcoming flu season and the rolling out of COVID-19 booster shots for eligible residents. Candidates will be able to apply during the pharmacy chain’s one-day national career event on Friday, September 24th.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and trying to block others from crossing the border from Mexico. It’s a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades. Three…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) As former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke embarked on a tour across Texas earlier this year rallying against proposed election reform legislation, speculation ran high that may run for governor of the Lone Star State. O’Rourke has remained mum on the matter, but an Axios report on Sunday cites ‘Texas political operatives’ who reportedly…… MORE
