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Over 40 Firearms Stolen From Gun Dealers in DFW

Over 40 Firearms Stolen From Gun Dealers in DFW

(WBAP/KLIF) — Over 40 guns were stolen from North Texas gun dealers in April.  Metroplex firearms stores have been the target of break-ins over the past two weeks. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Republic Arsenal in Coppell, Elliot White Gun Company in North Richland Hills, and SK Arms in Flower Mound have…MORE

Air Force One Subcontractor Cuts Jobs

Air Force One Subcontractor Cuts Jobs

Fort Worth (AP) – A subcontractor that was working on the new Air Force One aircraft until Boeing gave it the boot has announced it is cutting 223 jobs. GDC Technics CEO Brad Foreman said the job cuts are the direct result of Boeing’s actions. In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission GDC said…MORE

Two Motorists Killed By Pieces Of A Crane

Two Motorists Killed By Pieces Of A Crane

Beaumont (AP) – Authorities say two men were killed when part of a crane fell on their pickup truck as it traveled on Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Stephanie Davis says the truck was traveling westbound on I-10 just southwest of Beaumont when the crane experienced “some type of…MORE

More Vaccine Is On Its Way To Texas

More Vaccine Is On Its Way To Texas

Austin (AP) – State health officials say more than 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are headed Texas’ way for next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday more than 708,000 first doses are headed to 928 providers in 129 Texas counties, while more than 570,000 second doses also have been ordered. About…MORE

Guns, Drugs & Money Pouring Across the Texas Border

Guns, Drugs & Money Pouring Across the Texas Border

(WBAP/KLIF) — Customs and Border Patrol are continuing to find migrants crossing the border, along with drugs that are being smuggled. The federal government and states along the U-S-Mexico border continue to deal with a surge of migrants and asylum seekers arriving there. Texas is one of the states being impacted by the surge… and Kinney…MORE