LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Pope Francis has named a parish priest from Dallas as the next bishop of the Lubbock Diocese. The Vatican on Tuesday announced the appointment of Monsignor Robert Coerver. The 62-year-old Coerver is currently a priest at St. Rita Parish in Dallas. Coerver is a Dallas native who was ordained in 1980.…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2016
Time’s Running Out to Register to Vote November 8th
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The push is on to get Dallas County voters registered. The Dallas County Elections Department’s bi-lingual coordinator, Laura Varela, says there’s only another couple of weeks to get registered to vote on November 8th. “The deadline is October 11th, so they should hurry to get to do an early voting location,”…… MORE
Execution Date Set for Killer of Two Fort Worth Men
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A 47-year-old man on Texas death row for the slayings of two men in Fort Worth almost 11 years ago has been set for execution in early January. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says the agency has received orders from a Tarrant County court setting Christopher Wilkins for…… MORE
Texas Argues Against Clean Power Plan
Washington DC (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ten federal judges are hearing arguments on the Clean Power Plan, which was announced by the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year. The plan would require the reduction of emissions from coal-burning power plants. Texas and West Virginia led 27 states in filing a lawsuit over the plan. “What we…… MORE
Marlee McCormick, 9/27/16: Not My Usual Blog….
If you’ve ever read any of my “riveting” blogs…not really….you’ll notice that I’m not in the habit of writing about things that are deep or controversial. I try to keep it light and funny, because lets face it, I deal with a lot of bad news or heavy subjects on a daily basis in my…… MORE