AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Attorney General has announced that 95,000 people identified by the Department of Public Safety as non-U.S. citizens matched voter registration in Texas. Ken Paxton’s office also said it is believed 58,000 of them have voted in at least one election in Texas. Paxton said every single instance of illegal voting…… MORE
Plano Police Department Mourns the Loss of Retired K-9 Officer
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A beloved member of the Plano Police Department has died. The department announced Friday the loss of one of its K9’s, Dio. The dog passed away following a long illness after retiring from the force in September. Dio was a sable German Shepherd from the Czech Republic and started his tour of…… MORE
Trump Announces Deal to End Shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’ll sign legislation shortly to reopen shuttered government departments for three weeks – until Feb. 15. Trump’s action would end what has become a record, 35-day partial shutdown. Some 800,000 federal workers have had to work without pay or have been kept from doing their jobs as Trump…… MORE
Increase in Sick Leave Amid Government Shutdown Affecting Two Major U.S. Airports, Causing Delays
(WBAP/KLIF) – Staffing shortages amid the government shutdown at two major airports in the northeast are causing some flights across the country to be delayed or re-routed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. New jersey’s Newark International Airport and New York City’s Laguardia Airport are reportedly experiencing an increase in employees using sick leave. Officials…… MORE
Trump Associate Roger Stone Arrested; Trump Tweets ‘No Collusion’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, an associate of President Donald Trump, has been arrested in Florida. That’s according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, which says Stone faces charges including witness tampering, obstruction and false statements. The indictment does not accuse Stone of coordinating with the Russian government’s election interference in 2016, the key matter…… MORE
White House says Roger Stone arrest unrelated to the President
WASHINGTON (AP) – White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the arrest of former Donald Trump campaign adviser Roget Stone in the special counsel’s Russia probe has nothing to do with the president. Sanders’ comments came hours after Stone was arrested Friday during a pre-dawn raid at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home. Stone was…… MORE
Massive Growth Continues In McKinney
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – More people continue to move to McKinney. The city has announced its annual population estimate of nearly 190,000 residents, a roughly 4.5 percent increase in population from January 2018. The population has increased nearly 327 percent during the last 20 years. Last year, the city was named one of the fastest growing…… MORE
Southwest Airlines is ending service to Mexico City so it can fly to Hawaii
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines says it will drop its service to Mexico City by the end of March. It says it is doing so to reallocate its resources to better opportunities. The airline says it is gearing up to expand flights to Hawaii. Final government approval for those flights has been delayed by the…… MORE
UNT Police defend themselves against a misconduct allegation
Denton (WBAP/KLIF) – The University of North Texas Police are defending themselves against allegations of misconduct that grew out of a video that’s gone viral on social media. That video shows a man shaking in a police car with an officer leaning over him. He can be heard complaining that police were choking him. UNT…… MORE
NASA employees now cleaning toilets at the Johnson Space Center
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – The Johnson Space Center in Houston is now requiring NASA employees who have been working without pay during the government shutdown to “volunteer” to clean the bathrooms, and take out the garbage. The Space Center reportedly now has minimal or no custodial services, so it’s demanding its employees perform janitorial work in…… MORE
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