RIO GRANDE CITY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The victims of the military helicopter crash along the Texas Mexico border have been identified. The Department of Homeland Security said National Guard Chief Warrant Officers 28-year-old Casey Frankoski, 30-year-old John Grassia and 49-year-old Border Patrol Agent Chris Luna were killed when their UH-72 Lakota aircraft came down…… MORE
Captain David Harris, the first Black commercial pilot for a major airline, has died.
Fort Worth, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – David Harris, the first Black pilot to fly a commercial plane for a major airline and the first Black man to achieve the rank of Captain for any major U.S. commercial airline, has died at age 89. American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said in a statement. “Capt. Harris opened the…… MORE
United Flight Slides off Taxiway in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Passengers had to be evacuated from a United Airlines plane after it rolled off a runway and got stuck in the grass in Houston Friday morning. No injuries were reported among the 160 passengers and six crew members, United Airlines said in a statement. Video taken after the landing showed the plane…… MORE
Attorney General Ken Paxton Offers Frisco ISD a Settlement in the Illegal Electioneering Lawsuit
FRISCO, TX – (WBAP/KLIF) – On Thursday Frisco ISD held an emergency meeting where it spent more than two hours in executive session discussing whether to accept Paxton’s settlement or not. Ultimately, they decided in a six to zero vote to authorize the district’s attorneys to start negotiations with Paxton’s office. Paxton’s lawsuit cites a…… MORE
Biden Uses Feisty State of the Union to Contrast With Trump, Sell Voters on a Second Term
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has turned his State of the Union speech into an animated argument for a second term as he laces into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Biden delivered broadsides Thursday at “my predecessor” without mentioning Trump by name,…… MORE