CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Hurricane Ian has made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian’s center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful…… MORE
MCGREGOR (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Department of Public Safety said five people were fatally shot in a shocking familial domestic dispute in McGregor, about twenty miles southwest of Waco. The tragedy happened around 7:30 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 900 block of Monroe. An unidentified man killed his wife and her…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A damaged perimeter fence, broken glass, a smashed sign and tire tracks marked a path of damage along the east entrance to the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin on Thursday morning. Pictures posted by local news station KXAN show a state department of public safety officer inspecting the damage, which…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An abundance of Texas resources are aiding in the daunting clean-up and recovery efforts in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The Texas A&M Forest service dispatched it’s mobile command post to the Florida on Thursday; and, staged in the region before the storm was some 500 Oncor employees and contractors.…… MORE
UPDATE 10?02/2022 1:30 PM – Officials declare the Lazy Fire now 75% contained and still at 1,800 acres burned. UPDATE 10/01/2022 11:15 AM – The Lazy Fire has ballooned to engulf 1,800 acres as of Saturday morning, and is reported as 65% contained. Officials now report the blaze began as a prescribed burn in the…… MORE