TEXAS CITY – Associated Press (WBAP/KLIF) – A private autopsy on the body of a 22 year old man shot dead at the hands of police appears to show the man died of a single gunshot to his back. 22 year old Joshua Feast died December 9th, reportedly shot by La Marque police officer Jose…… MORE
More Than A Dozen Families Held at Texas Immigration Center Allegedly About to Be Deported
HOUSTON (AP) – Lawyers say the U.S. government is preparing to deport more than a dozen children and their parents held at a Texas immigration detention center, including a 4-year-old girl with a broken arm that requires surgery. Medical records show that doctors at the Dilley, Texas, detention center diagnosed the girl with a fracture…… MORE
Hundreds of Thousands of Texans Expected to Receive Coronavirus Vaccine By The End of the Month
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott says more than 1 million Texans are expected to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of the month. Speaking Thursday at a press conference in Austin, the governor said 224,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine will be delivered this week in Texas. Next week, the number is expected…… MORE
A federal judge has again found the state of Texas in contempt of court.
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Judge Janis Graham Jack found the state in contempt for exposing thousands of children in its foster care program to what she says is “an unreasonable risk of serious harm.” Judge Jack is threatening to levy fines of $75,000 a day beginning January 3rd unless she gets an electronic readout of each…… MORE
Unemployment in Texas just keeps rising.
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas unemployment rate increased to 8.1% in November, from 6.9% in October. That means Texas is well above the national average, and has been for more than four months. It also means more than 290,000 DFW residents are out of work, and looking. The problem for them is there are now…… MORE