SLIDELL, La. (AP) – Amazon is expected to break ground on a new delivery station in Slidell within the next few weeks. WGNO-TV reports that the facility is expected to create hundreds of new jobs in the New Orleans suburb. Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer said that he kept the plan quiet for about 15 months…… MORE
Roma (AP) – A small border town in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley has become the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers of families and children enter the United States to seek asylum. Within an hour of darkness Wednesday, about 100 people have been ferried in rafts across the Rio Grande and into the…… MORE
Lubbock (AP) – Federal officials have charged a man accused of forcing off a West Texas road a National Guard convoy transporting COVID-19 vaccines, then holding 11 Guard soldiers at gunpoint. Federal prosecutors say 66 year old Larry Harris of Willcox, Arizona, is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Police say…… MORE
Mexia (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas state trooper was shot late Friday night on a highway just outside Mexia, 45 miles or so south of Dallas. The unidentified trooper was rushed to a Waco hospital in critical condition. A manhunt is underway for his assailant, identified as 36 year old DeArthur Pinson Jr. DPS describes Pinson…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Pulitzer prize winning Texas author has died. Larry McMurtry, the man who wrote “Lonesome Dove”, a tale of an 1870’s cattle drive, has died at the age of 84. The University of North Texas alum penned books and screenplays about the American west over a span of a half century. Not only was…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott was dealt a blow, Friday, from a court ruling regarding the lifting of the mask mandate in Travis county. More on this story from Shannon Ryan in Austin. The ruling comes as Texas has seen the lowest number of COVID hospitalizations since October. The ruling was handed down just…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF)- The HEB grocery company announced they will be opening two flagship stores in Plano and Frisco. The future stores will be the first HEB stores in North Texas, joining the company’s existing central market store locations. HEB said the decision to expand into the DFW area was to “build on the company’s longstanding…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Downtown Dallas Historic West End Square is home to a new “smart park”. Formerly a surface parking lot, the site has been converted into the city’s first park in this urban neighborhood. West End Square is the second of four parks built as a result of a public-private partnership between Parks for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Carrollton man is the most recent North Texan to be charged for his alleged involvement in the January 6 breach of the United State Capitol building. According to the FBI, David Lee Judd is charged with Civil Disorder and Resisting Officers. According to Special Agent In-Charge Matthew DeSarno, the FBI Dallas…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that ten million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to Texans across the state, with over 30% of eligible Texans having received a vaccine. The Governor said that the milestone is a result of dedicated work by the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Texas Department…… MORE
