Dallas (WBAP.KLIF) – A Dallas police officer was injured Saturday when a car driven by two wanted felons drove off, dragging him along the ground. Officers pulled the two over while investigating reports of drug sales in the 4200 block of Maple Avenue. During that traffic stop the officers realized the two people in the…… MORE
Six Injured When Boat Burns At Lake Weatherford
Weatherford (WBAP/KLIF) – Six people were injured Saturday afternoon when a boat caught fire on Lake Weatherford. Four of the injured were badly burned, and had to be airlifted to hospitals. The remaining two were transported by ground ambulance. The boat sank, and The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is trying to recover it. The…… MORE
The COVID-19 Numbers Keep Rising
Austin (AP) – Texas has reported 4,732 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and 154 new deaths from the illness. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the new coronavirus cases pushed the overall number of cases for the six-month Texas outbreak to at least 606,530. Of those, the state says…… MORE
New PR Tact in Fight Against Mountain of Roofing Shingles
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – A group calling itself Southern Sector Rising is using an idea from parades to get its message against a mountain across to the public. A miniature mountain of old roofing shingles is sitting atop a trailer looking something like a parade float. It represents a mountain of old roofing shingles sitting…… MORE
President Trump Visiting Texas & Louisiana After Hurricane Laura
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) – President Donald Trump says he is heading to Louisiana and Texas after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of the states. Trump’s Saturday visit comes two days after the Category 4 storm smashed into Lake Charles, Louisiana. The mayor of the city of 80,000 warns it could be weeks before water…… MORE
15 Year Old In Critical Condition After Shooting in Deep Ellum Friday Night
DALLAS (AP) – Five people have been wounded, one critically, in a shooting in the Deep Ellum district on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas. A statement issued by police said the shooting was reported shortly after 11 p.m. Friday on Elm Street near Good-Latimer Expressway. Officers found three men and a woman wounded at…… MORE
FEMA Responds to Hurricane Laura
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hurricane Laura is testing an already stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be an unprecedentedly disastrous year. FEMA has never faced a year like 2020. COVID-19 has prompted emergency declarations for all U.S. states and territories for the first time. The agency has deployed personnel to help…… MORE
The Trump Administration Has Held Hundreds Of Immigrant Children In Hotels
Houston (AP) – New data shows the U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters. The figures released Friday show that since March, the Trump administration has used hotels to hold at least 660 children, most unaccompanied by a parent, before expelling…… MORE
Hurricane Laura Killed Four People In Texas
Hemphill, Texas (AP) – Texas recorded four deaths Friday linked to Hurricane Laura, which roared ashore along the Louisiana border the day before. Sabine County Emergency Management Coordinator Kerwin Lloyd identified the first death as David Murrell, 54, in East Texas. Murrell died Thursday when a tree fell on his mobile home Hemphill. Officials in…… MORE
Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43
LOS ANGELES (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The actor that brought the super hero Black Panther to life has died. Chadwick Boseman, who most famously played Jackie Robinson and Black Panther, died Friday night at the age of 43 after a four year fight with colon cancer. pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai — Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 Boseman died at…… MORE
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