AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas soldier died this week after collapsing during a training exercise at a U.S. Army base, Army officials said Friday. According to data obtained by the Associated Press from Fort Hood officials, this is the 28th soldier from the Central Texas base to die this year. Fort Hood officials say…… MORE
Austin (AP) – A federal judge in Texas says she’s “concerned” about the high rate of coronavirus infections in the state’s troubled foster care system. The Dallas Morning News reported that court-ordered monitors found the positive test rate was 20% in late August. U.S. District Judge Janis Jack ruled in 2015 that the state foster…… MORE
Houston (AP) – A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop detaining unaccompanied immigrant children in hotels before expelling them without the chance to seek refuge in the United States, a policy the government has enacted during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled Friday that the use of hotels violates…… MORE
San Antonio (AP) – San Antonio police say an officer and a security guard fatally shot a Black shoplifting suspect after he stabbed the officer in the face. The shooting happened in the parking lot of a northwest San Antonio supermarket Friday afternoon. Police Chief William McManus said the guard had detained the man inside…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Dallas Stars are continuing their quest for a second Stanley Cup. The Stars have advanced to the Western Conference finals after defeating the Colorado Avalanche in game 7 overtime 5-4. Forward Joel Kiviranta is recognized as the hero of the game after netting the game winning goal. This is the first…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women will direct more than $18 million in grant funding to Texas to support efforts to curb domestic violence throughout the state, announced U.S. Attorneys Erin Nealy Cox, Ryan K. Patrick, John F. Bash, and Stephen J. Cox, on Friday According to Cox, as the state…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – TCU has announced it has canceled the TCU/SMU football game scheduled for September 11th over concerns surrounding new cases of COVID 19. In a statement, the university said some student-athletes and support staff have tested positive for the virus and even though no one is facing serious health issues those involved…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — A rally by member of the Frederick Douglass Republicans of Tarrant County will take place Saturday. According to a press release provided by the organization, the rally is meant to showcase America’s Constitutional heritage as well as the divers makeup of the FDRSTC. The event will take place from 10 a.m. –…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas drivers will notice gas prices ahead of the Labor Day weekend are extremely kind on their wallets. According to AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch, the statewide gas price average in Texas is $1.91 for a gallon of regular unleaded. That’s one cent less than this time last week and 37…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County can boast of one of the Lone Star State’s newest cultural districts. The Texas Arts Commission bestowed the designation on Fort Worth’s Near Southside which joins its counterparts in Dallas’s Deep Ellum and Austin’s Red River District, according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The distinction, which recognizes popular…… MORE
