AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – With the severe weather season upon us, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding Texans they can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 24. “While we can’t know in advance…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The airline industry and passengers are reacting to Tuesday’s ground stop for Dallas based Southwest Airlines that lasted longer than an hour. Southwest Airlines said it requested the ground stop from the FAA because of a technology issue. “Southwest has resumed operations after temporarily pausing flight activity this morning to work through…… MORE
UPDATE: (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Southwest Airlines has revealed more about the technical glitch that led to the brief grounding of its flights Tuesday morning. The Dallas-based carrier blamed the issue on a third-party “firewall that went down” which caused a drop in connection to some “operational data.” Southwest is allowing customers who had reservations…… MORE
UPDATE: 5p.m. 4-17-23 MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite Police Department said on Monday that the substitute teacher seen on video encouraging middle school students to fight was arrested. 24-year-old Natally Garcia is facing four counts of Injury to a Child, after Police say she subjected them to danger. Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite Police…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia has stepped down. Garcia sent a letter Sunday to County Judge Tim O’Hare and County Administrator G. K. Maenius explaining his departure.In the letter he says he and O’Hare have different ideas for running transparent elections. Garcia has been the election’s administrator since 2018, his…… MORE