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State Leaders Approve More Money for Security at Southern Border

State Leaders Approve More Money for Security at Southern Border

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – State leaders have allocated more money for border security. Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan, Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman, and House Appropriations Committee Chair Dr. Greg Bonnen approved the transfer of $495.3 million to continue funding Operation Lone Star and critical border operations at other state…MORE

Dallas Police Identify Suspect in Wrong-Way Crash that Killed 2 Siblings

Dallas Police Identify Suspect in Wrong-Way Crash that Killed 2 Siblings

DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are searching for the driver of a red pickup truck they say plowed into a vehicle carrying several people Friday night, killing two teenagers, ages 15 and 16. Police say it happened on Esperanza Street, near an elementary school and the intersections of Spring Valley and Coit Roads. Police…MORE

Rattlesnake Handler Dies Of Snakebite

Rattlesnake Handler Dies Of Snakebite

Freer (WBAP/KLIF) – An experienced rattlesnake handler was killed by one of his snakes Saturday at a south Texas rattlesnake roundup. Eugene De Leon Sr. was performing at the roundup in the town of Freer, west of Corpus Christi. He was handling rattlesnakes in front of a crowd, when one of them suddenly bit him…MORE

Renewed Max 737 Case Headed For Fort Worth Court

Renewed Max 737 Case Headed For Fort Worth Court

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The families of a dozen people who were killed in Max 737 airliner crashes will be in federal court in Fort Worth Tuesday. They want the court to re-open the federal case against Boeing, claiming the government never consulted them when it worked out a $2.5 billion settlement of the case…MORE