AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – A state representative says some companies are threatening Texas over its religious freedom law.… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2016
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Immigrant-harboring Law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge has blocked a portion of Texas’ sweeping border security law that had criminalized harboring people in the country illegally. Non-profit groups, churches and even some landlords opposed parts of the larger law approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature last year. They made it a crime in Texas to encourage…… MORE
Teenager Arrested After Deadly Chain Reaction Crash
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland police have found the driver of a Ford Mustang that caused a deadly chain reaction crash Wednesday night. Lieutenant Pedro Barineau says the car was driven by a teenager. “The driver of the Ford Mustang has been identified as Adalberto Rivera and he is 17 years old,” said Lieutenant Barineau. Barineau…… MORE
Texas Prison Inmates Barred from Social Media Presence
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas prison officials are cracking down on social media accounts managed for inmates by friends or relatives while the prisoners themselves have no internet access because they’re locked up. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Thursday the agency has established a formal rule prohibiting inmates from possessing such accounts…… MORE
Grandmother Wanted For Toddlers Scalding Death Captured
HALTOM CITY – The 43 year old woman wanted for the death of her two year old grandson was taken into custody near San Antonio. Detective Matthew Spillane with Haltom City Police says Patricia Flores allegedly left her two year old grandson, Lyfe “Gabe” Flores alone in a bathtub with scalding hot water. Police believe…… MORE