Texas Lake Infested With Invasive Weed`

Killeen (AP) – An invasive underwater weed is spreading in a Central Texas lake popular with anglers, tangling boat propellers and threatening the fish. The weed is hydrilla, an aquatic plant initially imported and sold as an aquarium plant in the 1950s. It is now recognized as one of the world’s most invasive plants. Fishing…MORE

WHO Labels New Virus Variant of Concern ‘Omicron’

Update at 12:00pm: BRUSSELS (AP) – An advisory panel of the World Health Organization classified a new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa as a highly transmissible virus of concern and named it “omicron” under its Greek-letter system. The announcement on Friday from the United Nations health agency marks the first time in months…MORE

Three Juveniles Arrested For Haltom City Murder

Haltom City (WBAP/KLIF) – Three suspects have been arrested so far for the November 15 killings of two Haltom City teenagers. The 16 and 17 year old victims were found that afternoon lying near Haltom City’s North Park basketball courts. They had been shot to death. One juvenile suspect was arrested shortly after the bodies…MORE

Thanksgiving Day Traffic Accidents Kill Four In Dallas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two women were killed just after midnight Thanksgiving morning by a crash on the R.L. Thornton freeway. Dallas Police say their compact car was hit from behind at high speed by a full size SUV that investigators say was being driven by a badly intoxicated man. The victims’ car suffered what investigators…MORE

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