AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A bill that will allow law enforcement to issue a regional alert when a child is missing, without confirmation of an abduction, is on its way to Governor Abbott’s desk for his signature The “Athena ALERT” was named after 7 year old Athena Strand who was killed in Wise County in December…… MORE
Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Sentenced to 18 years in January 6th Attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, a native of Grandbury, Texas, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was sentenced Thursday after a landmark verdict convicting him of spearheading a weekslong plot to keep former President Donald Trump…… MORE
Debt Ceiling Talks Teeter on the Brink, as Lawmakers Leave Town Without a Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are pushing debt ceiling talks to the brink. As they prepare to leave town Thursday for a long Memorial Day recess, it’s a display of risky political bravado. They’re just days out from a potentially devastating debt default if Congress fails to act to raise the borrowing limit. The fallout…… MORE
911 Caller Says She Murdered Her Husband
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – An Arlington woman reportedly beat her husband to death with a hammer Wednesday when he asked her to sign divorce papers. Arlington Police say My Tran called 911, and told the operator she had hit her husband over the head with a hammer. Responding officers found she had in fact hit him…… MORE
Mother Indicted For Killing Her Children
Waxahachie (WBAP/KLIF) – The Forney woman who was arrested in Italy, Texas in early March for allegedly killing three of her children, and attempting to kill two others, was formally indicted Wednesday. A grand jury charged Shamaiya Hall ,with three counts of capital murder, and two counts of attempted capital murder. If she’s convicted, Hall…… MORE