Roma (AP) – A small border town in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley has become the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers of families and children enter the United States to seek asylum. Within an hour of darkness Wednesday, about 100 people have been ferried in rafts across the Rio Grande and into the…… MORE
Self-Styled Vigilante Charged
Lubbock (AP) – Federal officials have charged a man accused of forcing off a West Texas road a National Guard convoy transporting COVID-19 vaccines, then holding 11 Guard soldiers at gunpoint. Federal prosecutors say 66 year old Larry Harris of Willcox, Arizona, is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Police say…… MORE
Manhunt Underway For Gunman Who Shot Texas Trooper
Mexia (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas state trooper was shot late Friday night on a highway just outside Mexia, 45 miles or so south of Dallas. The unidentified trooper was rushed to a Waco hospital in critical condition. A manhunt is underway for his assailant, identified as 36 year old DeArthur Pinson Jr. DPS describes Pinson…… MORE
Pulitzer Prize Winning Texas Author Dies
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Pulitzer prize winning Texas author has died. Larry McMurtry, the man who wrote “Lonesome Dove”, a tale of an 1870’s cattle drive, has died at the age of 84. The University of North Texas alum penned books and screenplays about the American west over a span of a half century. Not only was…… MORE
Judge Rules Travis County Can Defy the Lifting of Governor Abbotts Mask Order
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott was dealt a blow, Friday, from a court ruling regarding the lifting of the mask mandate in Travis county. More on this story from Shannon Ryan in Austin. The ruling comes as Texas has seen the lowest number of COVID hospitalizations since October. The ruling was handed down just…… MORE