AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott is asking Texans to remain vigilant and closely monitor weather conditions as severe weather threatens a large portion of north Texas, with an enhanced risk including the DFW Metroplex, beginning Monday evening through early Tuesday morning. According to the Governor, storms are forecast to bring severe thunderstorms, large hail, possible…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has proclaimed May 2-8 as Travel and Tourism Week in Texas. According to the Governor, the week is intended to highlight the impact of the travel and tourism industry on the state of Texas and the resilience of the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. National Travel & Tourism Week is…… MORE
BURTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Amber Alert early Monday for a 4-year-old boy out of Austin who police fear may be in grave or immediate danger. Little Wyatt Crowley was last seen Sunday morning in the town of Burton, about 10 miles west of Brenham and 70 miles…… MORE
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Lubbock voters have approved a measure aimed at outlawing abortion in the West Texas city, a move likely to prompt legal action from opponents who call it an unconstitutional ban on the procedure. Residents voted Saturday to declare Lubbock a “sanctuary city for the unborn,” bypassing the City Council’s rejection of…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The border crisis continues to cost Texas taxpayers dearly, as thousands of illegal immigrants continue to flow through the open U.S. border. Attorney General Ken Paxton says the increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. will cost Texas billions of dollars. Not only is the influx of illegal immigrants across the southern…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF/FOX)- Republicans are investigating changes in the census, which have favored Democratic-run states. Original numbers released by the Census Bureau showed Texas picking up three congressional seats, but final numbers indicate only two. Governor Greg Abbott said on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures” he wants an investigation into the numbers. Abbott said the issue is…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Army said Friday that it has now taken disciplinary action against 21 officers and non-commissioned officers at Fort Hood, Texas, in connection with death last year of Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who was missing for about two months before her remains were found. The punishments, which include firing six senior commanders, are…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Police say more than 90 people were found in a Houston home that investigators suspect was used in a human smuggling operation. Assistant Police Chief Daryn Edwards says authorities initially served a search warrant at the southwest Houston house after someone Thursday night reported a loved one was being held there. Edwards…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The body of a missing 8 year old autistic boy has been found in a north Dallas apartment swimming pool a little northeast of the Galleria mall. Keydall Jones bolted away from his family Friday morning as they were trying to get him into their car to go to school. His family…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas voters settled a number of outstanding issues in Saturday’s elections, but not all of them. The race in U.S. Congressional District 6 to pick a replacement for Ron Wright who died of COVID-19 in February will have to be decided in a June 5 runoff between his widow, Susan Wright,…… MORE
