DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-The U.S. is expanding use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12. The Food and Drug Administration now says the shot is safe and offers strong protection for younger teens based on testing of more than 2,000 U.S. volunteers. Shots could begin soon once a federal vaccine panel issues recommendations for…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump announced his endorsement of Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick on Monday, as Patrick seeks his third term. “Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is a great fighter for the people of Texas,” Trump said in a statement posted to his website. “He has stood up for up for Life, Liberty,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott has another challenger to worry about in next year’s Republican primary in the upcoming gubernatorial election. Former State Senator Don Huffines announced Monday morning that he’s throwing his hat into the race. “For decades politicians have promised to secure our border, to lower our taxes and protect our…… MORE
Lancaster, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Multiple police agencies on the scene of a reported officer-involved-shooting in Lancaster. One officer reportedly shot and killed a man after 9-1-1 calls about a disturbance involving a man with a gun, according to WFAA. One Lancaster officer reportedly shot and killed a man after 9-1-1 calls about a disturbance involving…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Texas health officials are shifting strategies in their continuing effort to make COVID-19 vaccines available to those Texans wishing to get them. Rather than allocate weekly doses based on county population, as has been done until this week, state health officials are taking requests from providers and passing those numbers on…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Another attempt to bring legalized casino gambling and sports betting to the Lone Star State appears to have gone bust in the Texas legislature … again. Millions of dollars was spent by gambling interests to promote the effort, while dozens of lobbyists backed the issue. Texas lawmakers who sponsored such bills told…… MORE
Grand Prairie, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The body of an elderly man was recovered from Joe Pool Lake over the weekend. The Grand Prairie Fire Department says the 75-year old man dove off a boat late Saturday afternoon and never resurfaced. Divers who searched the lake until dark, recovered the man’s body when they resumed the…… MORE
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) – A North Texas mayor has submitted his resignation following his third driving while intoxicated arrest. Granbury Mayor Nin Hulett had been arrested on April 25 on a DWI charge, which had initially been a class B misdemeanor. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the charge was upgraded to a felony on May…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A top political aide to Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has been arrested after accusations that he stole money from investors looking to join the state’s new hemp industry. Court records show Todd Smith is charged with third-degree felony theft. Smith is a longtime political aide to Miller, whose department issues…… MORE
(UNDATED) – The county officials who run elections are facing a slate of new punishments as part of a nationwide Republican campaign to roll back access to the ballot, months after many hailed them as heroes for the creative ways they expanded voting access last year during the coronavirus outbreak. The penalties, typically buried within…… MORE
