HOUSTON (AP) – Houston residents and officials are seething over a Texas agency’s decision to not award the city a single cent of the initial $1 billion in federal flood mitigation funding the state was promised following Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Texas General Land Office’s recent announcement of the winners and losers of the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Monday that state lawmakers delivered one of the most conservative legislative sessions the state has ever seen, but insisted more work needs to be done. “From Day One of this session, our priorities were centered around hardworking Texans and building a state that is safer, freer, healthier,…… MORE
UPDATE: 4 P.M. May 31, 2021 DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – One person is in custody after reports of an active shooter inside North Park Mall, but authorities say no shots were fired. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Monday afternoon that an investigation revealed that a man with mental health issues was banging skateboard on a table…… MORE
KERRVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Kerville man has been charged with making a terroristic threat in connection with an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a Walmart. The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office said the KCSO Special Operations Division intercepted a message indicating that 28-year-old Coleman Thomas Blevins’ was preparing to carry out…… MORE
The Colony (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas Police officer has been arrested in The Colony. John Vasquez Jr. was booked into The Colony jail Sunday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, family violence, and driving while intoxicated. Other charges may be pending. Vasquez is accused of assaulting a woman with whom he had…… MORE
Houston (AP) – Religious leaders, musical guests, spoken word artists and politicians gathered for a concert in Houston, the home town of George Floyd, to commemorate the anniversary of his death. The Fountain of Praise Pastors Remus E. Wright and Mia K. Wright welcomed the Floyd family in person on Sunday and more than 450…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Legislature reached the end of the 2021 regular session Sunday night without passing a controversial voting bill. The House was ready to vote on it a few minutes before midnight when Democrats walked out as a group, meaning the Republican majority no longer had a quorum, and bringing the proceedings…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ biggest fix to February’s deadly winter blackout that left more than 4 million people without power puts new attention on projections by the state’s climatologist but does not dwell on climate change after a deep freeze buckled the state’s unprepared electric grid. A far-reaching bill sent Sunday night to Republican…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A restrictive voting bill in Texas that was on the verge of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk has failed to pass Sunday night after Democrats walked out of the House chamber before a midnight deadline. Abbott swiftly said he would call a special session to try passing a voting bill again…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Passengers who travel aboard two locally based airlines will have to wait a little longer for the return of alcohol to flights amid an uptick in passenger misconduct incidents on planes. Many airlines suspended alcohol service on planes during the COVID pandemic, but planned to bring it back this summer. An American Airlines…… MORE
