HOUSTON (AP) – A Texas inmate faces execution for killing a supervisor at an Amarillo state prison shoe factory nearly 17 years ago. Travis Runnels is set to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the January 2003 death of 38-year-old Stanley Wiley. Prosecutors say Runnels slashed Wiley’s throat at a prison in Amarillo because…… MORE
NASSAU BAY, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search continues for the man accused of killing a Nassau Bay police officer during a traffic stop Tuesday night. Investigators said Sgt. Kaila Sullivan was hit by a car driven by 21-year-old Tavores Henderson as he sped off from a traffic stop. Henderson had an outstanding warrant on…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president’s signature domestic issues and campaign priorities. The ruling applies to $3.6 billion that was diverted in September…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two overnight murders put Dallas’ homicide rate at 199 this year, one shy of a record set in 2007 of 200. Around 10:15 last night, Dallas police say a pizza deliver man shot two men who tried to rob him at a northeast Dallas apartment complex; one died, the other was injured.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation continues into a wrong-way crash on I-30 at Montgomery overnight Police spotted a car with out-of-state plates going the wrong direction on the freeway and tried to stop it. Before they were able to do so, one officer witnessed the driver smash into an oncoming vehicle. The wrong-was driver was…… MORE