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NTTA Crews Working to Prepare Roads For Winter Storm

NTTA Crews Working to Prepare Roads For Winter Storm

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The NTTA is working around the clock, preparing roads for the winter weather. NTTA maintenance crews are reportedly treating North Texas roads in preparation for freezing temperatures this week. The NTTA uses brine – a heavily salted liquid solution that dries and helps treat roads prior to inclement weather, with more than…MORE

Dallas Police Holding Suspect They Allege Killed An Officer

Dallas Police Holding Suspect They Allege Killed An Officer

Dallas (AP) – Authorities say a suspected drunken driver has been arrested after he struck and killed a Dallas police officer who was blocking the scene of an accident. Police said in a statement that Officer Mitchell Penton was standing next to his patrol car with the emergency lights activated early Saturday when the suspect…MORE

Feds Almost Release Three Convicts By Mistake

Feds Almost Release Three Convicts By Mistake

Austin (AP) – Texas prison officials say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was prepared to release three men convicted of sex offenses against children in an apparent misapplication by authorities of enforcement directives from President Joe Biden’s administration. The three were not released after discussions between the state prison system and immigration authorities. But the…MORE

Texas Is Braced For A Major Winter Storm

Texas Is Braced For A Major Winter Storm

Undated (AP) – Officials in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas are bracing for a winter storm that forecasters say will bring heavy snow and ice to the region. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is warning that all of Texas faces an unprecedented winter storm, and said he’s asking for a federal disaster declaration ahead of the storm.…MORE

U.S. Senate Votes to Acquit Former President Donald Trump

U.S. Senate Votes to Acquit Former President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial. That trial exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with the violence sparked by his defeated presidency. The vote was 57-43, short of…MORE