AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Capitol grounds were blanketed with armed Texas State Troopers on Sunday and will be through the Presidential inauguration on Wednesday. The increased security comes in the wake of the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol building this month. The Texas Department of Public Safety said last week that the Capitol…… MORE
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The biggest exhibition in professional wrestling will come back to North Texas in about a year and half. World Wrestling Entertainment says WrestleMania will return to AT&T Stadium in Arlington on April 3, 2022. WrestleMania drew more than 101,000 fans during its first appearance in 2016. Organizers are confident the 2022 event…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The newly retired chief of DART’s Police Department has died. James Spiller took over as leader of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System Police Department in 2005. He retired in mid December, and died Saturday. The cause of his death has not been made public.… MORE
Plano (AP) – When her Plano high school was forced to move online last spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, Charvi Goyal realized that the schoolmates she’d been informally tutoring between classes would still need extra help, but wouldn’t necessarily be able to get it. So she took her tutoring online, as well. Goyal, a…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas House member says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 after rejoining more than 100 fellow lawmakers this week at the state Capitol. State Rep. Joe Deshotel said Friday he doesn’t know where he might have become infected. The Democrat got the result shortly after House members unanimously adopted rules that…… MORE