STINNETT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – What is now the largest wildfire in Texas history has scorched over 1 million acres in the Texas panhandle since it began Monday and claimed the life of at least one victim. The family of 83-year-old Joyce Blankenship said she died at her house in Stinnett. The Smokehouse Creek fire…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a $2.5 million partial settlement with the family of Tony Timpa, who died in Dallas police custody in August of 2016. The move comes months after a jury found three of the four officers, Dustin Dillard, Raymond Dominguez and Danny Vasquez, violated Timpa’s constitutional…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution. The justices’ order maintains a hold on preparations for a trial focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has appeared on Capitol Hill for a defiant closed-door deposition with lawmakers. He blasted the Republican impeachment inquiry into his father and the family’s business affairs as a “house of cards” built on “lies” as he faced a battery of probing questions. The deposition of the president’s son Wednesday marks…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The two front-runners in the 2024 Presidential Race are conducting dueling border visits, Thursday. Both projected Republican nominee and Former President Donald Trump along with Democrat candidate President Joe Biden will visit the Southern border. SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson says that former President Trump wants to highlight what he feels is…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate,…… MORE
Tarleton State University’s Career Services and College of Business are banning together to help you get employed. They’re hosting a job fair on March 6th, where students, alumni and community members can meet with companies hiring for a variety of positions. Participants are encouraged to bring their résumé and other applicable materials. Suggested attire is…… MORE
PANHANDLE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Fast moving wildfires continue to spread in the Texas panhandle, prompting evacuation orders and the shutting down of a nuclear facility Tuesday afternoon. Some residents in the rural towns of Canadian, Pampa and others were told to leave as neighborhoods and livestock were threatened. Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster…… MORE
A Dallas man is set to be executed Wednesday night despite calls for more time. 50-year-old Ivan Cantu was found guilty of capital murder back in 2000 after the deaths of his cousin, James Mosqueda, and his cousin’s fiancée, Amy Kitchen. He was sentenced to die in 2001 and has been on death row ever…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Mesquite Police Department on Tuesday released body camera footage and the 911 calls from the officer-involved shooting at a local academy earlier this month. Officers responded to the Pioneer Technology and Art Academy on February 19, after a school administrator said 16-year-old student brought a gun on campus. In…… MORE
