HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Volunteers from Dallas-Fort Worth are hard at work in Southeast Texas following last week’s flooding. Close to 40 inches of rain fell in just days as Tropical Depression Imelda moves around Beaumont and surrounding areas. Many homes and businesses were flooded out. Now, the Texas Baptist Men are on the ground making…… MORE
LAREDO, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol said agents at a Laredo checkpoint found 53 migrants who had entered the country illegally hiding in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer. The agency said the migrants were found Tuesday during a search of the truck at a checkpoint on I-35 just north of Laredo. The…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Police in Dallas say a transgender woman was seriously wounded after being shot multiple times and are investigating the attack as a hate crime. Investigators say a man driving a pickup pulled alongside the woman late Friday, yelled slurs about her gender identity and fired several times, striking her in the chest…… MORE
College Station, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas A&M student from Frisco who was critically injured by a suspected impaired driver died from her injuries Sunday. 19-year old Carly Beatty was walking home with two roommates early Sept. 14 when she was hit by a car near campus. Police say the 17-year old driver was drunk and…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump joined a Texas welcome party for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s visiting the United States amid trade tensions between the allies. Deafening drums marked the entrance of President Trump and Prime Minster Modi as they clasped hands and walked across the stage in a packed Texas stadium Sunday…… MORE