El Paso Walmart Reopens With Off-Duty Officers

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Walmart has quietly hired off-duty officers at its stores in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman police say targeted Mexicans opened fire in a store in August and killed 22 people. Walmart reopened the store Thursday where the attack happened and amid ongoing lawsuits over safety. Walmart didn’t have a guard in the store…MORE

Supporters Rally For Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Protesters rallied in support of Rodney Reed’s campaign to stop his scheduled Nov. 20 execution. The protesters rallied Wednesday afternoon outside the Bastrop County district attorney’s office in Bastrop, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) southeast of Austin. They heard from speakers that included members of the Texas death row inmate’s family.…MORE

Department of Justice Launches Nationwide Strategic Plan to Reduce Gun Violence

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Department of Justice launches a nation-wide initiative aimed at reducing gun violence and enforcing federal gun laws. Project Guardian helps to target people who shouldn’t be in possession of a gun by having coordinated federal prosecution for suspects arrested with a gun and have a history of domestic violence. In addition, the initiative…MORE

Dallas County DA’s Office Enhancing Penalties for Looters in Tornado Damaged Areas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s office is enhancing penalties for anyone caught looting in tornado damaged areas of Dallas County. “It ranges anywhere from shop lifting, or breaking into someones home and assaults in case someone get in a fight in a disaster zone we can seek an enhancement there,” said Assistant…MORE

Two North Texas Mayors Unite in Support of USMCA

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere joined forces with fellow mayors across the country Wednesday supporting full ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, also known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 2.0. Bilateral trade between North Texas and Canada totals $9.47 billion annually, and between North Texas…MORE

Kaufman ISD Cancels Classes Due to Water Main Break

KAUFMAN (WBAP/KLIF News) – An overnight water main break forced the Kaufman Independent School District to cancel classes Wednesday morning. The district initially tweeted that school buses and classes will be delayed for two hours so that crews could work to repair the break before ultimately deciding on cancellation. According to the City of Kaufman’s Facebook…MORE

KLIF Morning News: Cal Jillson Breaks Down Today’s Impeachment Hearings, and Colin Kaepernick Is Back in the News

0:24 — It’s “Opening Day” of the public impeachment hearings, so SMU Political Analyst Cal Jillson joined Dave & Amy to break it all down, including why all of a sudden Democrats aren’t using the term Quid Pro Quo. 8:43 — The NFL is doing something odd with Colin Kaepernick by giving him a chance…MORE

Impeachment Witness says Trump Asked About Ukraine Probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top American diplomat revealed new evidence Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s efforts to press Ukraine to investigate political rivals as House investigators launched public impeachment hearings for just the fourth time in the nation’s history. William Taylor, the highest-ranking U.S. official in Ukraine, said for the first time that Trump was…MORE

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