Austin (AP) – Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, an award-winning Texas author who began in the 1970s writing a series of novels that told the stories of people living in a fictional county along the Texas-Mexico border, has died. He was 93. Hinojosa-Smith was an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin for more than…… MORE
Dover, Del. (AP) – The judge handling the Irving, Texas based Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the BSA’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million, then lease back the property from the buyer. The BSA wants to use some of the proceeds from the sale…… MORE
SEATTLE (AP) – President Joe Biden spent Earth Day in Seattle, where he signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight. The visit was intended to reassert his environmental credentials when he’s been more focused on lowering gas prices that have risen during the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Earth X 2022 is running through the weekend at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. The expo returns after a three year hiatus amid the COVID pandemic. The event will feature vendors, education, panels, and ore surrounding the importance of the environment. The event is one of several examples of…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Military Department announced on Friday that a Texas Army National Guard Soldier assigned to Operation Lone Star went gone missing along the river during a mission related incident in Eagle Pass. According to the department, the Soldier has not been found. “We are aware of reports of a fatality, although those…… MORE