DPS -WBAP/KLIF – Texas police agencies are looking for a suspect described as armed and dangerous, believed to have fled into the woods alongside Highway 84 near Mexia, Central Texas, after shooting a Texas State Trooper in the head and abdomen around dinnertime Friday night. The Texas State Troopers Association says it’s Trooper, Chad Walker,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Beginning Monday, all Texans ages 16 and older will be eligible to receive a vaccine. Additionally, Texas is scheduled to receive over 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine for the coming week. The state has already administered more than 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. That’s an increase of…… MORE
SLIDELL, La. (AP) – Amazon is expected to break ground on a new delivery station in Slidell within the next few weeks. WGNO-TV reports that the facility is expected to create hundreds of new jobs in the New Orleans suburb. Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer said that he kept the plan quiet for about 15 months…… MORE
Roma (AP) – A small border town in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley has become the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers of families and children enter the United States to seek asylum. Within an hour of darkness Wednesday, about 100 people have been ferried in rafts across the Rio Grande and into the…… MORE
Lubbock (AP) – Federal officials have charged a man accused of forcing off a West Texas road a National Guard convoy transporting COVID-19 vaccines, then holding 11 Guard soldiers at gunpoint. Federal prosecutors say 66 year old Larry Harris of Willcox, Arizona, is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Police say…… MORE