DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Bishop Lynch High School and Friar Athletics are teaming with noted Houston philanthropist and legendary BL grad Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale ‘69 to bring relief supplies to Louisiana residents devastated by Hurricane Ida. Bishop Lynch’s goal is to fill a BL bus with much-needed baby supplies to be delivered to Mattress Mack’s Gallery…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – If you are thinking about buying a house, get ready to fork over a load of cash for the down payment. Homebuyers in the area are shelling out close to $40,000 in down payments, according to research done by LendingTree. That is an all time high for the area, but still bellow…… MORE
(AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing the Taliban to allow charter flights carrying would-be evacuees to leave Mazar-e-Sharif. Blinken said Wednesday that the Taliban aren’t permitting the flights’ departure because they claim that some of the passengers don’t have the required documentation. He added: “While there are limits to what we…… MORE
Bexar County, TX (WBAO/KLIF) – The Bexar County judge was reportedly harassed over the weekend in the parking lot a popular grocery store over his mask mandate. County Judge Nelson Wolff was at an H-E-B in San Antonio when woman began recording herself that he should be ashamed of himself for masking children. In a…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A mother was killed and her 10-year-old son critically injured after a man evading Garland Police ran a red light at high speed. The incident started around 3:30 p.m. Monday near Shiloh Rd. and Northwest Highway. Investigators said a Garland police officer had stopped the driver of a Honda accord. After police…… MORE
KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Kaufman County Sheriff’ Office is investigating a deadly overnight shooting that prompted two Forney ISD schools to cancel classes for the day. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday in the 6100 block of Falcon Way, north of Forney city limits. Officers found…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth – As new daily COVID-19 cases continue to soar across Texas and nationwide, the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday said that children now account for 22% of new cases in the U.S. In many cases children showed symptoms just days after started school, a testament highly infectious and rapidly spreading Delta variant.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans in America’s largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan “Keep Texas Red,” a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics. Now, those population transformations have arrived, with the 2020 census confirming that the state got bigger, more suburban and…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday defended a new state law banning most abortions that also does not provide exceptions for cases of rape or incest, saying it does not force victims to give birth even though it prohibits abortions before some women know they’re pregnant. Abbott, a Republican, added that Texas…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Granbury VFW is leading an effort to honor first responders on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Community groups plan to serve a free meal to every first responder in Hood County on Saturday, September 11th. Local VFW representative Ricky Johnson says over 200 first responders will dine on brisket and pulled pork.The…… MORE
