AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott heads to Brownsville today to sign two immigration bills into law. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for more border security; SB 4 allows any Texas peace officer to arrest someone suspected as having entered the country illegally. Nationwide, from June through October, field agents are reported to have…… MORE
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3 Fatally Shot in Austin, No Suspect in Custody
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Emergency responders say three people have been fatally shot in Austin and no suspect is in custody. The Austin-Travis County EMS says it has received no reports of other victims. EMS spokeswoman Capt. Christa Stedman said early Sunday afternoon that it was still an active scene. She says the first 911…… MORE
Texas Restaurants Allowed to Open at 75 Percent Capacity This Friday
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Texas restaurants will be able to operate at 75 percent capacity starting Friday. Anna Tauzin is with the Texas Restaurant Association and said 75 percent isn’t necessarily reality. “Take a look at a restaurants footprint. Reconfigure the tables as much as you want, 75 percent doesn’t truly mean 75 percent because of the…… MORE
Dallas Police are looking for an 18 year old accused double murderer
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are looking for 18 year old Lexington Wright. They’ve identified him as the person who shot three people sitting in a car Friday afternoon. Two of them died. When found Wright will face a capital murder charge.… MORE
Nearly 12-Foot Alligator Spotted Crossing US 59 Near a Whataburger in Southeast Texas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A southeast Texas resident is largely being credited for capturing a nearly 12 foot alligator spotted crossing US 59 near a Whataburger in Cleveland early Tuesday morning. Chance Ward joked in a Facebook post, “Only in Texas will you get a Gator and a Whataburger in the same picture.” Lovingly referred to…… MORE
Three Fire Departments Respond to Boat Warehouse Fire on Lake Lewisville
THE COLONY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Fire departments from The Colony, Frisco, and Little Elm responded to a large fire at a boat storage warehouse on the east side of Lake Lewisville. According to The Colony Police, the fire erupted at 3:40 Friday morning. “There’s a whole line of RV’s and boats that have been on…… MORE
Paxton Wins Big Money State Senate Race; Valdez Faces Runoff for Governor; Cruz to Face O’Rourke
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – In a wrap up of primary election results in Texas, In the hotly contested Collin County State District 8 race, Angela Paxton defeated Phillip Huffines. The combined dollars spent on what became a negative campaign tops 10-million dollars. Paxton faces Democrat Mark Phariss in November. Westwood One Correspondent Clayton Neville has…… MORE
University of Texas sued over removal of Confederate statues in Austin
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The University of Texas is being sued by the Sons of Confederate Veterans over the removal of four statues at UT Austin. The lawsuit charges the statues were illegally taken down under cover of darkness one week after the violence in Charlottesville, Va. UT President Greg Fenves said it was done…… MORE
Black Women are Stepping Up
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – A new generation of black women is moving to take and keep a place at the forefront of the fight against racial bias. Black women have not been strangers to past protests but historians say they’ve often been overshadowed, first by white women during the suffragette movement and then by the black…… MORE
Siren Hackers Frighten Many Dallasites over the Weekend
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Hackers struck the sirens Dallas uses to alert residents to take shelter from tornadoes and other inclement weather, triggering intermittent false alarms for about an hour and a half Friday night into Saturday morning until officials deactivated the system. Rocky Vaz, who heads the city’s Office of Emergency Management, says the person or…… MORE
