Category Archives: KLIF News & Information In The Morning

Mansfield carjacking turned into a murder case

Mansfield carjacking turned into a murder case

Mansfield (WBAP/KLIF) – A carjacking call Monday afternoon in Mansfield quickly became a murder case. Mansfield Police were called to a shopping center parking lot by a woman who said her car had been stolen from her by a man who leaped out of a nearby parked car, and took hers at gunpoint. When police…MORE

Baylor to review statues, buildings over links to slavery

Baylor to review statues, buildings over links to slavery

WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University regents are creating a panel to consider whether any statues, buildings or other tangible tributes on the Waco campus reflect a racist past. The regents adopted a resolution Thursday that recognizes that most of the university’s founding fathers were slaveholders, racists and white supremacists when the school was founded…MORE

Houston area pilot killed in early morning plane crash

Houston area pilot killed in early morning plane crash

Zavalla (WBAP/KLIF) – A 40 year old pilot was killed early Saturday morning when his small plane crashed as he tried to land on a private runway in East Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety says James VanLue of Tomball was killed in the crash about 2:00 AM, but no one happened upon the…MORE

Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall

Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall

San Francisco (AP) – A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in two opinions Friday that diverting $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build the wall illegally sidesteps…MORE

The Supreme Court rejects wide open vote by mail in Texas

The Supreme Court rejects wide open vote by mail in Texas

Austin (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by Texas Democrats to allow all of the state’s 16 million registered voters to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic. The denial Friday isn’t the end of the ongoing battle over mail-in voting in Texas but remains a loss for Democrats. Early voting…MORE