BEAUMONT (WBAP/KLIF News) – Concern is growing from some state and local leaders about prisoners who reportedly were never evacuated from federal prisons in Beaumont during and after Tropical Storm Harvey. The Prisoners Legal Advocacy Network’s Paul Holdorf said prisoners are suffering from sub-par conditions. “Prisoners who are in fragile health, especially those who are diabetics…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are investigating the murder of an elderly woman, who was found dead inside her home Wednesday morning. The department’s Homicide Unit responded to 71-year-old Norma Kakacek’s home on Paldao Drive just south of Spring Valley Road around 10:30. Investigators said Kakacek’s body was found with signs of homicidal violence. There…… MORE
(CNN) — When Sen. Bernie Sanders did this in 2013, he did it alone. On Wednesday, nearly four years later, Sanders introduced a new “Medicare for all” health care bill with a third of the Senate Democratic caucus by his side. Flanked at first by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal,…… MORE
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The United States Supreme Court handed a win to Republicans in Texas by putting rulings on hold that found electoral districts drawn by state lawmakers discriminatory against minority voters. The court blocked two lower court decisions that found fault with congressional and state legislative districts drawn by the Republican-controlled state legislature. Texas…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Ted Cruz says an aide was responsible for the “like” that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on Cruz’s Twitter feed overnight. The Texas Republican and 2016 presidential candidate said Tuesday that several aides have access to the account and that one inadvertently posted the pornography. Cruz told reporters that…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The victims of what the Plano Police called the worst mass shooting in the city’s history have been identified. Nine people, including the suspect, were shot and killed while at a Dallas Cowboys watch party Sunday night. The Plano Police Department’s David Tilley said the shooter has been identified as 32-year-old Spencer James Hight.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – City of Dallas officials said they’re searching for alternative plans to remove the Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park after several recent setbacks, including a tragic accident. The crane that was set to remove the statue was involved in a fatal wreck in the 7700 block of SM Wright Freeway Sunday…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – A second bell tolled at 9:03 a.m. at ground zero to mark the moment a second terrorist-piloted plane slammed into the World Trade Center’s south tower. Monday marked the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. In New York, the victims’ relatives again began reading the names of the nearly 3,000…… MORE
SHERMAN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Cowboys Running Back Ezekiel Elliott may not be on the sidelines much this season. A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the National Football League in regards to the six-game suspension it handed down to Elliott last month for violating the league’s domestic violence policy. The ruling blocks…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Troy Gentry, one half of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry, has died in a helicopter crash. He was 50. The group’s website says Gentry “was tragically killed in a helicopter crash” that occurred around 1 p.m. Friday in Medford, New Jersey. The group was supposed to perform Friday at…… MORE
