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SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 98. Heat index 105° or hotter. Winds: S 10-15. SUNDAY NIGHT: Mainly clear and muggy. Low: 80. Winds: S 5-15. MONDAY: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 99. Heat index 105° or hotter. Winds: S 10-15.MORE

ISIS Now In the Afghanistan No Travel Mix/U S Airliners Participate in Evacuation

ISIS Now In the Afghanistan No Travel Mix/U S Airliners Participate in Evacuation

UPDATE: 08-22 9:50 AM – British military forces confirm seven Afghan citizens were crushed to death in the continuing pandemonium at the Kabul airport.  The United States is calling on several U.S. airliners, including American Airlines of North Texas, to loan A TOTAL OF 18 Aircraft for the continuing evacuation effort.  American and Delta Airlines…MORE

Governor’s Mask Order Tangled In Legal Challenges

Governor’s Mask Order Tangled In Legal Challenges

Houston (AP) – The legal battle over whether Texas communities can require students and others to wear masks in response to the current surge in COVID-19 cases remains entangled in a series of lawsuits, orders and appeals.  Ten counties and cities and 52 school districts or systems around the state have imposed mask mandates in…MORE

Judge Rules On Texas Medicaid Waiver

Judge Rules On Texas Medicaid Waiver

Tyler (AP) – A federal judge has issued a ruling that keeps in place Texas’ Medicaid agreement. The decision Friday blocks an effort by the Biden administration to rescind the deal. Texas is one of only 12 states that have resisted expanding Medicaid coverage under a key provision of former President Barack Obama’s health care…MORE

1974 Cold Case Murder Suspect is on Trial in Tarrant County

1974 Cold Case Murder Suspect is on Trial in Tarrant County

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- After over four decades, the man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering 17-year-old Carla Walker of Fort Worth goes to trial in Tarrant County. The 1974 cold case was opened back up after new technology linked 78-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley’s DNA to crime scene evidence. police say walker was in the…MORE