DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) -The man who investigators say sold the gun to the man who held four people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue earlier this month has been arrested and charged. 32-year-old Henry Michael Williams reportedly admitted that he sold a pistol to Malik Faisal Akram at an intersection in south Dallas. He was charged Tuesday…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire, according to multiple news sources. The opening paves the way for President Joe Biden to make his first appointment. The Liberal Justice was nominated for the High Court by President George W. Bush in 2005 and took his seat in September…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, along with a group of fellow Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters this week demanding answers from each federal agency charged with protecting Americans from terrorists like Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who held four people hostage at Beth Israel…… MORE
UPDATED: 1/26/22 Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge in Fort Worth on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking two railroad unions from striking. It’s a win for BNSF Railway which sought the order after unions, representing conductors and engineers — or about half of their 35-thousand workers — threatened to strike over a…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston Police Department identified, on Monday, the man wanted in connection to the shooting death of Harris County Constable Corporal Charles Galloway. According to Police, Cpl. Galloway was gunned down Sunday during a traffic stop in Houston. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that witnesses saw a man get out of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Ukrainian-Americans in DFW are asking that the world pay close attention to the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been built up on the Ukrainian border for months as Russian President Vladimir Putin makes clear his demands that no former soviet countries join NATO. According to Chrystya Geremesz,…… MORE
Longview (AP) – An East Texas county commissioner and his wife have pleaded guilty to election fraud charges. Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown and wife Marlene Jackson worked out a plea bargain in which they were each sentenced to one year’s probation and fined $2,000 each. They had been indicted on dozens of vote harvesting…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill government officials in Georgia. 54 year old Chad Stark of Leander is charged with communicating interstate threats on Craigslist following the 2020 election. Federal prosecutors did not identify which Georgia officials Stark allegedly threatened. They did say he could be sentenced…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Secretary of State John Scott has begun a series of informational webinars amid criticism and confusion surrounding the new mail-in ballot forms. Thousands of ballots have been rejected across the state because registered voters were either sent the old forms, or they failed to meet new requirements added to the new…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Division of Emergency Management this week to increase the readiness of the State Operations Center ahead of winter weather that is expected to impact large portions of Texas into the weekend. According to the Governor, light snow is expected in the Panhandle, and wintry mix…… MORE
