UPDATE: The suspect in the Wednesday morning shooting at Timberview High School in the Mansfield ISD is in custody. 18-year-old Timothy Simpkins turned himself into Arlington police. MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search for the suspect in a shooting at Timberview High School in Mansfield ISD is underway. Arlington Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said…… MORE
TYLER (WBAP/KLIF News) – After months of bitter fighting within the Texas Legislature, Governor Greg Abbott signed the Election Integrity bill known as Senate Bill 1 into law. At a ceremony in Tyler on Tuesday, Abbott was joined by the bill’s authors, Republican State Senator Brian Hughes and Republican Representative Andrew Murr. Senate Bill 1, or…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 and older. It’s the first COVID vaccine to be fully cleared in the United States since the race to combat the pandemic began last year. The FDA said the vaccine is still available for…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden says the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31. He says “speed is safety” as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war. Biden spoke Thursday to update his administration’s ongoing efforts to wind down the U.S. war in Afghanistan. He said: “We did…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Governor Greg Abbott has issued an executive order that requires bars to shut down, restaurants to limit capacity to 50 percent, and certain outdoor activities to be prohibited or require government approval. The order issued Friday morning states all bars that make more than 51% of their gross receipts on alcohol…… MORE