WYLIE (WBAP/KLIF) – A Wylie man is charged in his alleged involvement in this month’s attack on the United States Capitol building. According to the FBI, Guy Reffitt was seen on video wearing a go-pro helmet while breaching the Capitol grounds on January 6. When discussing the nationwide investigation, FBI Dallas Special Agent in charge Matthew…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration after a fire in a homeless encampment roughly a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security concerns. But law enforcement officials said there was no threat to the public and the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Nestle Prepared Foods is recalling 762,615 pounds of pepperoni hot pockets that may be contaminated with glass and hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The frozen snacks were produced from November 13,2020 through November 16,2020. The 54-oz carton packages contain 12 Nestle “Hot Pockets…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin’s top health authority is offering coronavirus vaccines to Texas lawmakers and their key staffers, regardless of whether they are currently eligible under state guidelines. Dr. Mark Escott, interim medical director for Austin Public Health, confirmed to The Dallas Morning News on Thursday that he organized the vaccination effort with Ascension Seton, a…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) According to the state’s data more than 1 point 1 million people in Texas have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. 167,000 are fully listed as fully immunized. That includes more than 81,000 residents of Dallas County, and 59,000 in Tarrant County. Dallas County reported 1,377 new coronavirus cases Sunday,…… MORE
Nashville (WBAP/KLIF) – A former soccer star at Wylie High School, who recently became the first woman to score a point in a Power Five Conference college football game has been invited to attend Wednesday’s inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in Washington, DC. In-person attendance at the inauguration will be…… MORE
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico county official who runs a group called Cowboys for Trump and who had vowed to return to Washington after last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol to place a flag on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk has been arrested by the FBI. Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal for national unity when he’s sworn in Wednesday and he plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies. That, according to his incoming chief of staff. Biden intends a series of executive actions in his…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Capitol grounds were blanketed with armed Texas State Troopers on Sunday and will be through the Presidential inauguration on Wednesday. The increased security comes in the wake of the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol building this month. The Texas Department of Public Safety said last week that the Capitol…… MORE
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The biggest exhibition in professional wrestling will come back to North Texas in about a year and half. World Wrestling Entertainment says WrestleMania will return to AT&T Stadium in Arlington on April 3, 2022. WrestleMania drew more than 101,000 fans during its first appearance in 2016. Organizers are confident the 2022 event…… MORE
