Update at 5-26 2:00pm: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, an investigating panel announced Friday. Paxton, 60, finds himself on the brink of impeachment after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations. The House will consider a resolution calling…… MORE
Athena Alert Bill Passed by the Texas Senate
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