MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – President Joe Biden has saluted his “friend of five decades” Walter Mondale, traveling to the University of Minnesota to remember the former vice president and Democratic Party elder whose memorial service was delayed for a year due to the pandemic. Mondale died in April 2021 at age 93. He is credited with…… MORE
Texas Student Killed Chasing Kansas Tornado
Tonkawa, Okla. (WBAP/KLIF) – A 20 year old meteorology student from Denton has been killed in Oklahoma while returning to his school from tornado chasing in Kansas. Nicholas Nair was one of three University of Oklahoma students who were killed when their vehicle hydroplaned on I-35, and was struck by a tractor-trailer rig. They had…… MORE
Sunday/Monday Forecast
Sunday: Increasing clouds, breezy, and warm. Spotty to scattered showers or storms possible (30%). High: 85. Winds: S 15-35. Monday: Partly cloudy with scattered showers or storms (50%). High: 84. Winds: S 15-30.… MORE
Naomi Judd, of Grammy-Winning Duo The Judds, Dies at 76
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press. The statement said that they lost their mother to “the disease of mental…… MORE
Indicted East Texas Sheriff Resigns
Canton (WBAP/KLIF) – The Sheriff of Van Zandt County has announced his resignation following his arrest and indictment. Sheriff Steve Hendrix is accused of lying to investigators when he swore one of his deputies did not strike a handcuffed jail inmate. Hendrix’s resignation letter says he will step down May 14. Hendrix, his chief deputy,…… MORE
Weekend Weather Forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm. Slight chance of an Isolated late day t-storm (10%). High: 87. Winds: S 15-35. Sunday: Mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm. Scattered storms becoming widespread late in the day. (30%). High: 86. Winds: S 15-35.… MORE
Trump, Fighting Contempt Fines, says he Doesn’t have Records
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers have provided a New York judge with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn’t turn over subpoenaed documents to the state attorney general’s office because he doesn’t have them. But the Manhattan judge on Friday rejected pleas to lift the sanctions he imposed earlier in…… MORE
Irving Stays Local in Naming of Next Police Chief
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF) – A local Police Chief is leaving one North Texas city for another. The City of Irving announced this week that it selected Derick Miller for the Chief of Police position to lead the Irving Police Department. Upon confirmation by City Council on May 5, Chief Miller will begin his new role as…… MORE
Overnight Lane Closures Planned for U.S. 75 Central Expressway
DART construction will temporarily close parts of U.S. 75 this weekend in Collin and Dallas counties. According to DART, both north and southbound HOV lanes of U.S. 75 Central Expressway will be closed for construction of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Silver Line bridge in Richardson beginning Friday, April 29 . Construction is scheduled to…… MORE
City of McKinney Participates in National Drug Take Back Day
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The City of Mckinney will be accepting prescription drugs on Saturday as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Nationwide Drug Take Back event. Any North Texan who wants to safely dispose of all accumulated expired, unwanted and unused prescription drugs can do so at the Public Safety Building at 2200…… MORE
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