AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Kennedys had their New England coastal hideaway in Hyannis Port, a Camelot-like mystique and a political godfather in Joseph P. Kennedy. For the country’s other political dynasty — the Bushes — it was a summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and the West Texas oil patch that created a mix of…… MORE
Rehabilitation Continues for a Large Animal Seizure – Van Zandt County
CANTON – (WBAP/KLIF) – The SPCA is trying to rehabilitate more than 90 animals seized in what appears to be a case of severe neglect and or abuse in Van Zandt County near Canton. SPCA spokeswoman Maura Davies says the SPCA seized 60 pigs, 9 dogs, 8 horses, 5 donkeys, 3 goats, 3 chickens, 1…… MORE
Serious; Minor Injuries in a North Texas School Bus Crash.
WEATHERFORD – (WBAP/KLIF) – One adult has been critically injured; five students of Bridgeport High School’s girls’ basketball team slightly injured, in the head on crash between that bus and a car on Farm Market Road 51 near Weatherford. Witnesses report the bus ended up on it’s side after the car smashed into it. The…… MORE
State Judge Mandates Quick Safety Fixes After Frightening Apartment Fire
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – A state judge orders the Dallas apartment complex where a dramatic fire last week caused many to jump for their lives…including from third story windows…to shore up safety features within a week. State judge Tonya Parker orders the Meadows Apartment Complex in Dallas to install smoke detectors, fix taped-over sprinklers, and…… MORE
Police training at Fort Worth Convention Center
The Fort Worth Police are conducting training exercises today (Sunday) around the Fort Worth Convention Center. As part of that training they will be firing blanks, and they want everyone to know if they hear gunfire around the Convention Center it’s not an emergency. It’s the police working out how they will deal with an…… MORE
Timeline: 41st United States President George H.W. Bush Will Come Home to Texas
UPDATED December 2, 4:28 PM (AP) – Following his death Friday, former President George H.W. Bush will lie in state in the Capital Rotunda Monday through Tuesday, receive a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral Wednesday, and be buried in the family plot at his Presidential Library at Texas A and M University Thursday. The…… MORE
Elevated Fire Dangers in North Texas
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued an alert to North Texas of elevated fire dangers. The service says the greatest dangers for sparking brush fires is generally along and west of the line drawn by Interstate 35. Meterologist Bianca Villanueva says record rainfall during the months of…… MORE
A Mother Sentenced To Decades in Prison Over the Death of Her Two Year Old Son
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A 24-year-old Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in the 2014 death of her 2-year-old son. State District Judge David Wahlberg sentenced Meagan Work on Friday and told his Austin courtroom that he can’t be certain how her son died, but that her…… MORE
A Judge Decides Lawsuits Filed By Bikers in Waco Shooting Can Move Forward
WACO, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in Texas has ruled that civil rights lawsuits filed by more than 100 bikers arrested in the aftermath of a shooting that left nine dead can proceed. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright on Friday lifted a stay and allowed the lawsuits stemming from the 2015 shooting at a…… MORE
Former President George H.W. Bush Dies at Age 94
DALLAS (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush has died at the age of 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. The nation’s 41st president served from 1989 to 1993, and eight years later watched his son George…… MORE
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