DALLAS (AP) – An inmate who was one of the “Texas 7” escaped prisoners blamed for the 2000 slaying of an Irving police officer faces execution this fall. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Randy Halprin is scheduled for execution Oct. 10. TDCJ spokesman Jeremy Desel, in an email Thursday to The Associated Press,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texas first responders are urging residents to be safe as we enter the dog days of summer and temperatures hover around 100 degrees. The Tarrant County ambulance service Medstar reports there’s been a sharp increase in heat-related calls since July. “48 patients…eight of those patients were in serious or critical condition…… MORE
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined the Chris Salcedo Show to discuss El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and reports she is sending staffers across the border to coach asylum-seekers. Paxton says that while she may not be breaking Texas law, she may be breaking federal law.… MORE
A female journalist has been told by a Mississippi gubernatorial campaign that she can’t shadow the candidate without someone else present. Chris Salcedo wants to know, do you think this is a smart move?… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – A tropical system that’s expected to make landfall as a hurricane is prompting officials along parts of the Gulf Coast to prepare for flooding. Parts of Louisiana have had a small dose of heavy rain and flooding already with flooded streets Wednesday in New Orleans. This, while forecasters warn of what would be Tropical Storm, or eventually,…… MORE