Radioactive Spill Causes I-35 Shutdown Both Directions; Cooke County

DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials say they expect cleanup will take hours, after a collision reported to involve a rock hauler, a FedEx truck and a car carrying medical waste collided The closure of I-35 in both directions is in effect from Hockley to Valley View in Cooke County, about 20 miles south of the…MORE

Helene’s relentless assault on the Southeast triggers Atlanta’s first-ever Flash Flood Emergency

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a catastrophic Category 4 storm Thursday night, lashing the region with devastating winds around 140 mph and causing at least three deaths. Tropical Storm Helene relentlessly batters the Southeast with destructive winds and torrential rain, leading to the first-ever Flash Flood Emergency for downtown Atlanta.…MORE

The Texas Supreme Court Has Denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Request to Overturn the State Fair’s Ban on Firearms

(WBAP/KLIF) – On Thursday the Texas Supreme Court denied a request by Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the firearms ban by the State fair of Texas. Justice Blacklock filed an opinion concurring in the denial of the motion. Chief Justice Hecht and Justice Young followed suit. Earlier this month, Paxton sued the State Fair…MORE

Helene Strengthens to a Category 4 Hurricane as It Nears Florida’s Gulf Coast

CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene is close to making landfall on Florida’s northwest coast as a powerful Category 4 storm. It’s already battering the state’s west coast with tropical storm-force winds and has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages. Forecasters warn the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge of up to…MORE