HOUSTON (AP) – A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women faces execution for fatally shooting his wife, who had feared she would never get out of her marriage alive. John Gardner is set to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the January 2005 slaying of Tammy Gardner. Prosecutors said the couple…… MORE
Houston Officials Urge Texas Governor To Accept Refugees
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston officials are urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to reverse his decision to reject new refugees. Texas has historically led the U.S. in refugee resettlement. Abbott has argued that the state “has carried more than its share in assisting the refugee resettlement process.” Houston in Harris County is one of the biggest…… MORE
Meat Loaf Sues DFW Airport Hotel After Fall From Stage
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and organizers of a horror convention held there, blaming them for negligence when he fell from a stage while answering questions from convention goers last May. The singer and actor, whose real name is Michael Lee…… MORE
Chris Krok: Chief Hall Flounders at City Hall
Dallas City Council made it clear to DPD Chief U Renee Hall they were not happy with the goals she set in her crime reduction plan. Chris Krok says she’s a social justice warrior and she’s in over her head.… MORE
Senator John Cornyn Talks Impeachment
(WBAP/KLIF) — Senator John Cornyn of Texas discussed the upcoming Presidential impeachment trial on WBAP’s Rick Robert’s Show. Cornyn believes there will be witnesses and he also expects minority leader Chuck Schumer to push for further witnesses during the trial. Talk show host Rick Roberts posed that an impeachment normally consists of a crime along with direct…… MORE