Deadly Athens School Bus – Union Pacific Train Collision

UPDATE: 1-25 7:35 pm   Names of the injured now released; 13 year old Christopher Bonilla died in the crash 9 year old Joselyne Torres, operated on and in stable condition late Saturday at Dallas Children’s Hospital 78 year old bus driver John Stevens of Mabank, treated and released. *************************************************************************   ATHENS, TX – WBAP/KLIF –…MORE

Texas Attorney General Reports 95,000 Non Citizens are Registered to Vote

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

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

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