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Hurricane Harvey Makes Landfall Along Texas Coast as Category 4 Storm

Hurricane Harvey Makes Landfall Along Texas Coast as Category 4 Storm

(CNN) – Hurricane Harvey made landfall Friday night between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. Harvey is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the US since 2004. The time for dire warnings, how Hurricane Harvey is life-threatening…MORE

Airbnb Encouraging Hosts to Offer Free Rooms to Evacuees, First Responders

Airbnb Encouraging Hosts to Offer Free Rooms to Evacuees, First Responders

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Airbnb is offering free rooms for both those evacuating Hurricane Harvey and first responders heading to the Texas coast. It’s part of their disaster response program, which Airbnb began back in 2012 when Tropical Storm Sandy hit the east coast. The program has been activated through September 1st. A spokesperson with…MORE

Dallas County School Bus Driver Shortage On the Mend

Dallas County School Bus Driver Shortage On the Mend

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The shortage of school bus drivers in Dallas County is on the mend. Earlier this summer, the county was about 200 drivers short of its goal. But as of Wednesday, that number has dropped to less than 100. “It’s very good, because that’s across all of our districts,” Giddens said of…MORE

Sailors’ Remains Found in Crashed Navy Ship

Sailors’ Remains Found in Crashed Navy Ship

SINGAPORE (AP) – The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet says a number of remains of Navy sailors were found in a compartment of the USS John McCain, a day after the warship’s collision with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters left 10 sailors missing. Adm. Scott Swift also said at a news conference…MORE

Search Called Off for Missing Soldiers, Including One Texan, Off Hawaii Coast

Search Called Off for Missing Soldiers, Including One Texan, Off Hawaii Coast

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Rescue crews have suspended their search for five missing soldiers, one of them a Texan, after an Army helicopter likely crashed near Hawaii last week. 32-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Cantrell was from Wichita Falls and is among the five who were on a training mission when their chopper went missing.…MORE

University of Texas at Austin Takes Down Remaining Confederate Statues

University of Texas at Austin Takes Down Remaining Confederate Statues

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Four Confederate monuments on the campus at the University of Texas at Austin were taken down overnight Monday. The school’s president issued a statement, which can be read here, saying he wanted to move them from their pedestals because the events in Charlottesville more than a week ago have made the…MORE

Anti-White Nationalist Rally Underway Near Dallas City Hall

Anti-White Nationalist Rally Underway Near Dallas City Hall

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Thousands of demonstrators have gathered at Dallas City Hall Plaza for an anti White Nationalist rally. Some counter protesters are demonstrating at the event but are outnumbered by their opposition. The Dallas Police Department has gone to great lengths to secure the area. Buses and utility trucks are parked on streets and on…MORE

Teenager Missing After Disappearing Into Trinity River

Teenager Missing After Disappearing Into Trinity River

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — Divers have been searching for a 15-year-old boy who disappeared into the Trinity River near the East 4th St. Bridge in Fort Worth late Thursday afternoon. Two dive teams worked until 9:00 pm Thursday night and will resume the search Friday morning. Searchers said the water was murky and that…MORE

Fort Worth Pastor Arrested on Suspicion of Repeated Sexual Abuse

Fort Worth Pastor Arrested on Suspicion of Repeated Sexual Abuse

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Fort Worth pastor has been arrested and charged with two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child. The arrest comes after two adult women told police about multiple incidents between 2007 and 2013 where the pastor allegedly abused them while they were younger than 18 and living…MORE