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Texas Has The Most Teams In NCAA Basketball Tournament

Texas Has The Most Teams In NCAA Basketball Tournament

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF/AP) –  The Lone Star State will be well represented in the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  In fact, seven Texas teams made the bracket, which ties a previous record set in 2018. Three schools, Baylor (1), Houston (2), and Texas (3) are among the top three seeds. Baylor headlines the South Region with the program’s…MORE

Thousands Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Thousands Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There was no St. Patrick’s Day parade or other official celebration of the holiday this year, but crowds of revelers gathered over the weekend along Dallas’ Greenville Avenue anyway. A few were masked. Most were not. Social distancing was ignored. Texas’ statewide mask mandate was lifted last Wednesday, and businesses were free…MORE

Higher Gasoline Prices Expected

Higher Gasoline Prices Expected

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Oil and gasoline prices rebounded after last year’s collapse in fuel demand, and appears to be rising further. Last April, oil prices fell by more than $50 a barrel in a single day to less than zero. But, in recent weeks, oil prices have surged to over $65 a barrel, a level…MORE

Two Dallas Police Officers Have Been Arrested On Unrelated Charges

Two Dallas Police Officers Have Been Arrested On Unrelated Charges

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Dallas police officers were arrested Friday and Saturday in unrelated incidents. Senior Cpl. Thomas Hartmann, who joined the department in January 2010, was charged with assault and tampering with a witness in connection with an unspecified incident that occurred March 6 in Aubrey. Hartmann turned himself in to the Denton County…MORE

A Federal Lawsuit to Stop a Texas Highway with a $7 Billion Price Tag

A Federal Lawsuit to Stop a Texas Highway with a $7 Billion Price Tag

HOUSTON (AP) – A federal lawsuit has been filed to stop a massive $7 billion highway widening project in Houston that local officials and community advocates say won’t improve the area’s traffic congestion and will disproportionately impact minority residents who would be displaced by the proposed construction. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by Harris County, comes…MORE