NCAA To Announce Penn State Penalties
(State College, PA) – The NCAA will announce “corrective and punitive” measures for Penn State this morning. Speculation is that the NCAA and Penn State have reached an agreement, at least initially, on penalties for the football program. Several sources say the university will be hit with fines totalling at least 30 million dollars. The [...]
FBI Knew Fort Hood Shooter Was Islamist
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul claimed political correctness stopped the FBI from launching what may’ve been a lifesaving investigation into Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, almost a year before his deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood. After reviewing an independent report by former FBI Director William Webster, McCaul revealed the department knew about disturbing emails between Hasan [...]
Movie Shooting Suspect Was PhD Student
The alleged gunman at an Aurora, Co theater earlier today has been identified as PhD student James Holmes, who recently withdrew from his neuroscience studies at the University of Colorado before shooting up “The Dark Knight Rises” screening. Aurora Police Department Public Information Officer Frank Fania says he was still at the scene when officers [...]
Arizona Sheriff Goes To Trial On Immigration Crackdown
(Phoenix, AZ) – The Arizona lawman who calls himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff” goes to trial today on charges that his officers racially profiled Latinos and stopped them arbitrarily in crackdowns on illegal immigrants. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the target of a class-action lawsuit in federal court. The plaintiffs include all Latinos who have [...]
Man Charged In Trayvon Martin Shooting Apologizes
(Orlando, FL) – George Zimmerman tells a national TV audience he’s sorry he shot an unarmed Florida teenager. In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity last night, George Zimmerman apologized to Trayvon Martin’s parents. Zimmerman remembered Martin displaying confrontational body language prior to scuffling with him last February. Zimmerman is charged with second [...]
7-11 Gunman Captured
Albuquerque police have captured the armed gunman who shot and killed a 7-Eleven convenience store clerk early Tuesday morning. Police arrested Eloy Aguilar, 22, Wednesday afternoon after they said he was the triggerman in the killing of a 7-Eleven clerk, later identified as Chad Mercer, 36. Aguilar was arrested at his apartment complex located at [...]
Fake Financial Report Could Force New Mexico Downgrade
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s top security regulator says potential fraud within a state financing authority extends beyond a faked financial audit that has national credit rating agencies considering whether to downgrade the agency’s bond ratings. The disclosure by Securities Division Director Daniel Tanaka came Wednesday as the New Mexico Finance Authority’s governing board [...]
N.M. Senators Studying U.N. Arms Treaty
WASHINGTON – A proposed global small arms trade treaty under negotiation at the United Nations has American gun advocates warning of an erosion of the Second Amendment rights, while New Mexico’s senators are taking a wait-and-see approach. The 193-member U.N. General Assembly began discussions this month for the first legally binding global treaty that would [...]
Delta Airlines Looking Into Discovery Of Foreign Objects In Food
Delta Air Lines and federal authorities are investigating what appeared to be sewing needles discovered in food on four international flights. The U.S.-bound flights left Amsterdam Sunday. One person on a flight to Minneapolis was injured but turned down medical treatment. The needles were discovered in sandwiches which were made by Delta’s caterer in Amsterdam. [...]
Ambassador Bridge Open Following Bomb Threat
(Detroit, MI) – Authorities are investigating a bomb threat at an international crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario for the second time in less than a week. Police say an anonymous caller from Detroit claimed a bomb would explode on the Ambassador Bridge yesterday evening, prompting authorities to close the crossing in both directions along [...]
After 45 years of secular, commercial, and Christian radio, the LORD opened the doors at KKIM for Frank to join New Mexico's oldest Christian radio station. A native Texan, Frank began his radio career at age 19 while in college at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. After 10 years in Houston, the LORD moved Frank and his wife Alice to Albuquerque to KOB radio in 1977. He served as morning news anchor and News Director for 20 years. In 1998, he moved to Family Life Radio in Albuquerque where he reported the good news of the day for 8 years. Now he is part of the KKIM news/talk staff. Frank's philosophy of news has changed over the years. Instead of focusing on the "bad" news, crime and scandal, etc., he tries to find the "good news" of the day from churches, missionaries, and the work of the "body of Christ." He signs off all his newscasts with the initials CJF....which stands for Certified Jesus Follower!!