ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker on Tuesday filed paperwork to run for U.S. Senate in Georgia after months of speculation, joining other Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022. Walker, 59, joins the race with high name recognition, having won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 as a University of Georgia running back.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the ongoing chaotic evacuation Tuesday, stunning State Department and U.S. military personnel who had to divert resources to provide security and information to the lawmakers, U.S. officials said. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., flew in…… MORE
Keller, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Keller ISD teacher was sent home from school on Tuesday after refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter banner hanging in his classroom. Dan Grunewald, an animation, audio/video production, and arts of communication teacher at Timber Creek High School talked to our media partner WFAA about why he has refused to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is refusing to block a court ruling ordering the Biden administration to reinstate a Trump-era policy that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court said Tuesday that the administration likely violated federal law in its…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A state-funded Regional Infusion Center has been established at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth for those individuals with COVID-19 who are 12 years of age or older. To qualify for COVID-19 therapeutics, a patient must be referred by a health care provider. The goal is to limit the number of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – All Kemp ISD campuses will be closed Wednesday, August 25th through Friday, August 27th, 2021. School will resume on Monday, August 30th, 2021. Students will not be held responsible for instruction during this closure. Extra-curricular activities at the Junior High are cancelled during the closure. High School extra-curricular events and practices will…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden says forces are on track to leave Afghanistan by his self-imposed August 31 deadline but it will depend on Taliban cooperation. In an address to the nation Tuesday, the president said he is pushing U.S. forces to leave “the sooner the better” due to increasing threats from ISIS-K and…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Plano is working to fill dozens of public safety jobs. The plan to hire more than 20 employees comes amid a national staffing shortage across multiple industries. The open jobs include 19 dispatcher/call taker positions at Public Safety Communications. “Like everyone else, we are needing some good people,” said Plano Public…… MORE
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Allen community is mourning the loss of a football coach who died weeks after his wife said he was hospitalized for COVID-19 and pneumonia. James Shillam was a Freshman Football Coach at Allen High School. His wife said on social media earlier this month he had been put on ventilator with pneumonia…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – An unexpected turn of events upended the capital murder trial for the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker. After two days of testimony in a Tarrant County courtroom, 78-year-old Glen McCurley changed his plea to guilty and waived his right to a jury trial Tuesday…… MORE
