Saints QB Drew Brees Announces Retirement

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Drew Brees era with the New Orleans Saints — marked by a Super Bowl celebration, raucous record-setting nights in the rebuilt Superdome and the undersized quarterback’s outsized role in a historic city’s rebirth — has ended. Brees, the NFL’s leader in career completions and yards passing, has decided to retire…MORE

Vaccine Eligibility Expands

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – As of today (Monday) any person over the age of 50 is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas. Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties are opening their wait lists to anyone 50 and over who wishes to be inoculated. Applicants can register through the county websites, or by telephone. Those who…MORE

Texas Has The Most Teams In NCAA Basketball Tournament

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF/AP) –  The Lone Star State will be well represented in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  In fact, seven Texas teams made the bracket, which ties a previous record set in 2018. Three schools, Baylor (1), Houston (2), and Texas (3) are among the top three seeds. Baylor headlines the South Region with the program’s…MORE

Thousands Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There was no St. Patrick’s Day parade or other official celebration of the holiday this year, but crowds of revelers gathered over the weekend along Dallas’ Greenville Avenue anyway. A few were masked. Most were not. Social distancing was ignored. Texas’ statewide mask mandate was lifted last Wednesday, and businesses were free…MORE

Higher Gasoline Prices Expected

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Oil and gasoline prices rebounded after last year’s collapse in fuel demand, and appears to be rising further. Last April, oil prices fell by more than $50 a barrel in a single day to less than zero. But, in recent weeks, oil prices have surged to over $65 a barrel, a level…MORE

Two Dallas Police Officers Have Been Arrested On Unrelated Charges

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Dallas police officers were arrested Friday and Saturday in unrelated incidents. Senior Cpl. Thomas Hartmann, who joined the department in January 2010, was charged with assault and tampering with a witness in connection with an unspecified incident that occurred March 6 in Aubrey. Hartmann turned himself in to the Denton County…MORE

A Federal Lawsuit to Stop a Texas Highway with a $7 Billion Price Tag

HOUSTON (AP) – A federal lawsuit has been filed to stop a massive $7 billion highway widening project in Houston that local officials and community advocates say won’t improve the area’s traffic congestion and will disproportionately impact minority residents who would be displaced by the proposed construction. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by Harris County, comes…MORE

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues City of Austin & Travis County Over Mask Mandate

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Acting on his threat, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Austin and Travis County officials over their decision to continue requiring mask-wearing in public. Paxton had threatened a suit after the local officials decided Tuesday to exempt the city and county from Gov. Greg Abbott’s lifting of the state’s mask…MORE

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