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Jackson to be Sworn in as Breyer Retires From Supreme Court

Jackson to be Sworn in as Breyer Retires From Supreme Court

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice. Jackson will be sworn as the court’s 116th justice at midday Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. Breyer says in a letter to President Joe Biden that…MORE

Toll Now at 53 in San Antonio as families Wait for Answers

Toll Now at 53 in San Antonio as families Wait for Answers

Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Mexican immigration official says that in the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering in the Texas heat, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors. The driver and two other men from Mexico remained in…MORE

H-E-B Commits $10M to Help Build New Elementary School Campus in Uvalde

H-E-B Commits $10M to Help Build New Elementary School Campus in Uvalde

San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – In the wake of the tragic elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the owners of the H-E-B grocery store chain have committed 10-million dollars to help build a new elementary school campus. A statement on the H-E-B website says the Butt family and H-E-B will work with other stakeholders on the…MORE

TX-DOT Holding Public Meeting Regarding Plans to Widen FM-2931 in Denton County

TX-DOT Holding Public Meeting Regarding Plans to Widen FM-2931 in Denton County

DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – TX-DOT is holding an in-person public meeting in Denton County on Thursday, June 29, to discuss changes to a rural roadway that is becoming increasingly congested. The plan is to widen FM 2931 near Lakeview Park (north and south), owned by the Town of Providence Village, from a two…MORE

Accused North Texas Serial Killer Facing Additional Indictments

Accused North Texas Serial Killer Facing Additional Indictments

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis Announced on Tuesday Four additional Capital Murder indictments of accused serial killer Billy Chemirmir. Chemirmir was convicted in the murder of Lu Harris in Dallas County, but is accused of stealing from, and killing, at least 17 other elderly women in North Texas. “These indictments should…MORE