Weatherford, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In Parker County, a protest calling for the removal of a statue honoring Confederate soldiers in front of the Parker County courthouse turned violent. Demonstrators in Weatherford were met by hundreds of counter-protesters Saturday. A group of Parker County Progressives dubbed ‘Enough is Enough‘ had marched from a city park to…… MORE
President Trump To Visit Texas Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says President Donald Trump will shift his focus to American energy dominance when he stops in Texas later this week on a visit that will include his first tour of an oil rig. Trump is visiting Double Eagle Energy in Midland, Texas, on Wednesday. The White House says the…… MORE
North Texas COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- North Texas sees another rise in COVID-19 case numbers. Dallas County on Sunday reported 800 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. This brings the county total to 46,800 with 605 deaths. Dallas hospitals continue to fill up with over 4000 of the nearly 6,000 total available beds being occupied and…… MORE
Rangers Drop Opening Series After 5-2 Loss Sunday Afternoon
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Texas Rangers’ season didn’t start off the season as planned. The Rangers dropped their opening series for the first time since 2018 after losing to the Colorado Rockies Sunday afternoon 5 to 2. Left fielder Joey Gallo hit the first home run at the new Globe Life Field after driving the…… MORE
Texas Judge Killed in Crash Involving Alleged Drunk Driver
(WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A justice of Texas’ fifth district court of appeals has died in a drunk driving incident. The three vehicle involved incident happened at around 9:30 Saturday night on Westbound I-30 near FM 2642. Police say 32-year-old Royse City resident Megan E Smith was driving the wrong way in the westbound lanes when she hit…… MORE
One Dead in Shooting Incident at Protest in Downtown Austin
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A Black Lives Matter protest in Austin Saturday night turned deadly after a suspect opened fire on the crowd of people, killing one. Austin police responded to the incident at around 10 p.m. near 300 congress avenue between third and fourth street. Police reported Sunday morning that the victim was carrying a rifle…… MORE
Quarter Million South Texas Customers Without Power; Downgraded Hanna Unleashes South Texas Damage
DALLAS – Deep South Texas is being surveyed for damage assessments today, as Hurricane Hanna is downgraded to Tropical Storm status, with current sustained winds pegged at 50 mph from it’s 90 mph winds as it made landfall near the border with Mexico Saturday night. Officials describe very bad flooding from the storm around McAllen,…… MORE
Plane Crashes in San Antonio
San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – A fire department spokesperson in San Antonio says one person was killed and two others were injured Saturday when a small plane crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff. Federal Aviation Fire spokesperson Tony Molinaro said in a news release that a single engine Piper PA-28 crashed and burned shortly…… MORE
The Number of Coronavirus Cases Keeps Rising In Texas
Austin (AP) – The number of reported coronavirus cases in Texas has surpassed 375,000, and state health officials report 168 more deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the illness. State health officials on Saturday reported 8,112 more confirmed cases of the the virus to bring the total reported to 375,846, and the death…… MORE
Flooding And Power Outages Are Hammering South Texas
Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF) – South Texas is dealing with floods caused by the weekend onslaught of what is now Tropical Storm Hannah. Hannah roared ashore from the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic cyclone season made landfall twice Saturday afternoon within…… MORE
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