CEDAR CREEK (WBAP/KLIF News) – Communities across North Texas are cleaning up and dealing with damage after a series of tornadoes and severe storms tore through the area Wednesday. A tornado touched down in Kemp and caused widespread destruction near the Cedar Creek County Club. Martha Sawyers lives on the lake and said she saw…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blasted special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday, calling him a “never Trumper” who led a biased investigation on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and failed to investigate his opponents who didn’t want Trump to be president. Trump’s eruption came a day after Mueller pointedly rejected his repeated claims…… MORE
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A former supervisory officer at a Southeast Texas federal correctional complex has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a correctional officer beat an inmate. Khristal Ford was a lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont. According to court documents, he told a senior correctional officer in June 2017 to “take…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The man who reported that his car was stolen with his 4 year old son inside has been issued a citation. Dallas Police say the father of four year old Fermin Fuentes reported his car stolen Sunday night and that little Fermin was inside. Following the report the Dallas Police Department issued…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has unveiled a sweeping immigration plan to seek a pathway to U.S. citizenship for 11 million people in the country illegally, deploy immigration lawyers to the southern border and earmark $5 billion to bolster the rule of law in Central America. The former Texas congressman becomes just…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The McKinney-Based disaster response team is in Northeast Oklahoma offering support to communities impacted by severe flooding. Matt Payne Executive Director for Minuteman Disaster Response says they have around 8 swift water rescue technicians and 3 boats on site in Rogers County. “We are talking about lakes that are beyond their flood stage currently, dams…… MORE
DALLAS/FT.WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Strong thunderstorms moved across north Texas Wednesday afternoon bringing high winds, power outages and tornado and thunderstorm warnings. Small hail was also reported. The storms hit Parker and Tarrant Counties around 1 p.m. and various watches and warnings were issued for other areas across DFW. An 18 wheeler was overturned in Sanger.…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- AARP Texas is calling Governor Greg Abbott to sign several bills into law that’ll improve the well being of older citizens. Rob Schneider with AARP Texas said one of the bills will help provide transparency for aggressive prescription drug prices. “House Bill 2536 would require prescription drug manufactures to report on the factors that led…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking North Texans to slow down in construction zones after the deaths of two construction workers in two days in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. The most recent crash happened Wednesday morning on the Dallas North Tollway near Parker. Trooper Kyle Bradford said the worker was…… MORE
CLEVELAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities in Liberty County are searching for the suspect accused of shooting four people, including a sheriff’s deputy, Wednesday morning. Police said 65-year-old Pavol Vido allegedly shot a woman at the B Dependable plumbing business in Cleveland, then shot two other men who walked in after the murder. Investigators said he then…… MORE
