GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A mother was killed and her 10-year-old son critically injured after a man evading Garland Police ran a red light at high speed. The incident started around 3:30 p.m. Monday near Shiloh Rd. and Northwest Highway. Investigators said a Garland police officer had stopped the driver of a Honda accord. After police…… MORE
KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Kaufman County Sheriff’ Office is investigating a deadly overnight shooting that prompted two Forney ISD schools to cancel classes for the day. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday in the 6100 block of Falcon Way, north of Forney city limits. Officers found…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth – As new daily COVID-19 cases continue to soar across Texas and nationwide, the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday said that children now account for 22% of new cases in the U.S. In many cases children showed symptoms just days after started school, a testament highly infectious and rapidly spreading Delta variant.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans in America’s largest conservative state for years racked up victories under the slogan “Keep Texas Red,” a pledge to quash a coming blue wave that Democrats argued was inevitable given shifting demographics. Now, those population transformations have arrived, with the 2020 census confirming that the state got bigger, more suburban and…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday defended a new state law banning most abortions that also does not provide exceptions for cases of rape or incest, saying it does not force victims to give birth even though it prohibits abortions before some women know they’re pregnant. Abbott, a Republican, added that Texas…… MORE