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A Brazoria County Deputy Was Wounded By An Accidental Shooting

A Brazoria County Deputy Was Wounded By An Accidental Shooting

Angleton (WBAP/KLIF) – A Houston area deputy has been accidentally shot and wounded during a firearms training session. The 30 year old deputy with the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office was working at a training range when he was shot in the abdomen by a student who accidentally fired his handgun.  The deputy was flown by…MORE

Texas Man Indicted For Shooting Up Minneapolis Police Station

Texas Man Indicted For Shooting Up Minneapolis Police Station

Minneapolis (WBAP/KLIF) – Federal prosecutors have accused a Texas man of shooting up a Minneapolis police station during a protest in May. The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota says Ivan Hunter of Boerne is charged with participating in a riot. Investigators say Hunter traveled from Boerne to Minneapolis to participate in a protest over George Floyd’s…MORE

Studio Movie Grill Files For Bankruptcy

Studio Movie Grill Files For Bankruptcy

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas based Studio Movie Grill filed for bankruptcy Friday. The dine-in theater chain says it is nearly out of money because the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping audiences away. Chairman Brian Schultz says Studio Movie Grill plans to continue operating while it restructures under the supervision of a U.S. bankruptcy court. The pandemic…MORE

Paxton Gets a Win in District Court

Paxton Gets a Win in District Court

(WBAP/KLIF) — The criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is being sent back to Collin county.  Paxton was indicted in 2015 for securities fraud but has yet to go to trial. The case was moved to Houston after prosecutors argued Paxton is deeply connected to the North Texas political scene.  But a Harris county…MORE

Fort Worth Street to be Renamed, Dedicated to Atatiana Jefferson

Fort Worth Street to be Renamed, Dedicated to Atatiana Jefferson

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council approved to rename a street where a black woman was killed by a police officer last year. The stretch of Allen avenue and east Maddox Avenue in the Hillside Morningside neighborhood will be renamed Atatiana Jefferson Memorial Parkway. Jefferson lived along that street and there’s also a…MORE