ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday gave his endorsement in a Texas special congressional election to Republican Susan Wright, the widow of former U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Wright had already racked up a number of prominent GOP endorsements heading into Saturday’s election in Texas’…… MORE
Ex-Country Radio Host Justin Frazell Hit With 2nd Sexual Assault Charge With a Month
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – It’s a second sex crime charge in less than a month for a former DFW Country radio host. A month after being accused of rape by a minor, 47-year old Justin Frazell of Mansfield was charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of indecent assault, according to the Dallas Morning News. Details…… MORE
Pardon Request Submitted For George Floyd In 2004 Texas Case
HOUSTON (AP) – A posthumous pardon request has been submitted to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. Before his death last year at the hands of a now…… MORE
Mesquite Police Department Mourning K-9 Kozmo, Killed in the Line of Duty
Monday, the Mesquite Police Department assisted Balch Springs Police in the pursuit of four aggravated robbery suspects. The suspects were forced to flee on foot into a wooded area adjacent to 635/LBJ and Bruton Road. During the foot pursuit, MPD K-9 Kozmo, Badge #1191 was utilized to track the suspects. The suspects were eventually located…… MORE
Dallas Radio Icon Ron Chapman Dies at 85
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Longtime DFW Radio personality Ron Chapman has died at the age of 85. News of Chapman’s death was posted on Facebook by the Texas Radio Hall of Fame on Monday morning. The radio industry took to social media to reflect on Chapman’s life and career. I’m saddened to tell you that…… MORE
Census: Texas Gains Congressional Seats, California Loses First Time
WASHINGTON (AP) – The first numbers from the 2020 census are out and they show Republican-controlled Southern and Western states gaining congressional seats. The once-a-decade head count shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. Fast-growing Texas got enough people to merit two new House seats. Florida and North…… MORE
Governor Abbott Asks Counties for Financial Impact of Border Crisis
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to county judges across the state on Monday, asking them to send to the Governor’s office a full and accurate estimate of the fiscal impact the current surge of migrants at the southern border border is having on their respective counties. “Securing the border is the federal…… MORE
Suspect In Keller Hit-and-Run Death Arrested
KELLER (WBAP/KLIF News) – Keller Police arrested the suspect in the hit-and-run death of a man walking with his wife last month. 38-year-old Kevin Patrick Garrity is charged with accident involving death, a second-degree felony. The victim, 58-year-old Feng Zhou, was killed while walking in the grass near their home in the 1100 block of…… MORE
Millenial Migration Reshaping Political Landscape
(AP) – Young adults are leaving states such as New York and California for new destinations including Colorado, Florida and Texas. This migration over the past decade is helping reshape the country’s political power structure. This coming week, the U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release new population numbers showing the shift. And the data…… MORE
Dallas: Street Racer Allegedly Pulls Out Rifle & Shoots Pedestrian to Death
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say a woman in her 50s was shot and killed late last night, allegedly by a street racer at the intersection of Duncanville Road and Ledbetter. Mike Forbes from out media partner WFAA talked to a witness who says the woman was walking down Duncanville Road, when she reportedly exchanged…… MORE
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