AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin city officials have canceled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler on Friday announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the novel coronavirus, effectively canceling the annual event. The announcement comes days after several high-profile companies pulled out of the festival,…… MORE
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – President Donald Trump has toured a neighborhood in Tennessee reduced to rubble by a tornado earlier this week and marveled at “the tremendous heart” he witnessed. He also offered a message for survivors and those who lost family members, saying: “We love them, they’re special people.” Trump assumed the role of…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – There’s been an arrest stemming from the fiery car crash that killed three Plano teens last month. Plano Police arrested 36-year-old Yu Gao, a waitress at Focus BBQ on West Springcreek Parkway, for allegedly selling alcohol to the boys in the early morning hours of February 17th. The three teens were…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence. But the White House said Friday that Trump…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Beer made with Buc-ee’s famous beaver nuggets will soon be a thing from a Fort Worth brewing company. Ryan McWhorter, owner of Panther Island Brewing tells WFAA-TV that a 12-gallon test batch of the beer sold out in two hours. “We were just sitting around eating beaver nuggets and I was…… MORE