AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday that his Public Safety Office will award an additional $38.4 million for law enforcement, jail operations, and court administration activities in direct support of Operation Lone Star. The Governor’s PSO has awarded $74.8 million in OLS funds to cities and counties in proximity to the Texas-Mexico…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Fire Rescue saved three children from a burning apartment, Monday morning. The apartment fire occurred just after midnight at Interlace Apartments at 3811 Gannon Lane in Southwest Dallas.. The mother of the three children assisted out of the burning building by neighbors, while firefighters rushed in to save the kids, all under…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Recent Centers for Disease Control data shows a COVID mortality rate of 0.9%, and it’s even lower in Texas at around 0.5%. Of the nearly 51 million COVID cases during the pandemic almost 803,000 U.S. citizens have died. That’s a 1.6% chance of dying if you contract covid-19. However, prevention measures such as…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — It’s been 104 years since a mob of black soldiers gunned down 15 white residents in Houston. Now, a group of attorneys and advocates are seeking clemency for the 110 black soldiers who were convicted in the mutiny and riots in 1917. The South Texas College of Law-Houston and the NAACP have signed…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Todd Dodge is retiring as a Texas high school football coach. The former Texas Longhorns quarterback has capped a storied career, Saturday, by leading Austin Westlake to its third consecutive state championship with a 40-21 over Denton Guyer. Dodge has now won seven championships. The first four were at Southlake Carroll. Dodge announced…… MORE