Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – Self-driving vehicles will soon be taking passengers around Frisco. California-based self-driving car company Drive.ai has announced a pilot program to bring an on-demand self driving car service to the city. Starting in July, some 10,000 workers in the Hall Office Park will be able to use the service within a geofenced area…… MORE
Texas Governor OKs Harris County Flood Control Bond Election
HOUSTON (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott has granted Harris County’s request to hold an August special election on whether to issue $2.5 billion in bonds to finance critical flood control projects. The county was the hardest hit by flooding by Hurricane Harvey. Abbott approved the request in a letter sent on Monday to Harris County…… MORE
AG Paxton Urges HHS to Remove Obstacle Limiting Access to Health Services for Low-Income Women in Texas
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) In a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged prompt removal of an obstacle to federal funding for the states Healthy Texas Women program. Paxton said that the addition of some $30 million a…… MORE
Rockwall Police Believe Fire was Set to Cover Up Murder-Suicide
ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF News) – Rockwall police are calling the deaths of a husband and wife following an early-morning house fire suspicious. The incident happened around 5:00 a.m. Monday at a house on White Water Lane near John King Road. Firefighters arrived on scene and managed to extinguish the blaze and after entering the home, found…… MORE
Tourniquet Applied by Plano Police Officers Saves Life of Local Man
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department said Monday that Plano Police Chief Gregory W. Rushin’s decision to approve officers being issued and carrying tourniquets with them is paying off. Rushin said that the department’s job is to save lives and this is one more tool that will give officers that opportunity. According to the…… MORE
Texas Company Recalls Nearly 25 Tons of Smoked Sausage Items
Yoakum (AP) – A Texas company has recalled nearly 25 tons of smoked sausage products due to possible contamination with plastic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the recall by Eddy Packing Co. of Yoakum. A USDA statement Friday says the recall involves smoked sausage products ranging from 21/2 pounds to 30 pounds that were…… MORE
Garland ISD’s Coyle Middle School Mourns Student Shot by His Father in Murder-Suicide
Rowlett, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Independent School Distr4ict will have grief counselors available today after the shooting death of Coyle Middle School student James Gonzales. The 11-year old was killed by his father in an apparent murder-suicide late Saturday in their Rowlett home. The tragedy occurred amid marital problems between 41-year old Policarpo Gonzalez-Flores and…… MORE
New church breaks ground in Texas town after massacre
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A new church has broken ground in the Texas town of Sutherland Springs six months after a gunman killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday service. Sherri Pomeroy of First Baptist Church says Saturday’s groundbreaking was held on the six-month anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in Texas…… MORE
Atmos Shuts Off Gas to 45 Homes in NW Dallas Amid New ‘Non-Hazardous’ Leaks
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – About 45 homes in Northwest Dallas are without gas today because of a shutdown caused by a recently discovered gas leak. Atmos officials are say the leak is ‘non-hazardous.’ The area affected is in the 3200 and 3300 hundred blocks of Darvany and Kinkaid Drive. Residents tell WFAA-TV that they’re glad Atmos…… MORE
Transgender Mayor Loses Bid For Full Two-Year Term
NEW HOPE, Texas (AP) – The mayor of a small Collin County town who came out as transgender after being appointed to the job has lost her election bid for a full two-year term. The Dallas Morning News reports that New Hope Mayor Jess Herbst was running to become the first openly transgender elected official…… MORE
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