Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Parishioners at Oak Cliff’s St. Cecilia Catholic Church were stunned Sunday to learn their longtime former pastor, the Rev. Edmundo Paredes is under investigation for allegedly molesting three teenage parish boys a decade ago, and for stealing $80,000 in church funds. Father Paredes was pastor at St. Cecilia’s for 27 years. He…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Testimony resumes today in the murder trial of former Balch Springs Police officer Roy Oliver. He’s accused of shooting to death 15 year old Jordan Edwards last year as Edwards, his brothers, and a couple of friends were driving away from a late night house party that was getting too noisy and…… MORE
Granbury (WBAP/KLIF) – A dentist was injured Sunday evening when his private plane suddenly veered off the runway while he was attempting to take off from Granbury’s airport. Dr. Michael McCoy told rescuers his plane’s rudder stuck as he was practicing take offs and landings, causing the craft to veer off to the left. He…… MORE
Lewisville (WBAP/KLIF) – A 16 month old boy was beaten and stabbed to death by his father Sunday afternoon in the public courtyard of a Lewisville apartment complex. Neighbors say the man was screaming some sort of religious dogma at the top of his lungs as he attacked the child at the Oak Forest Apartments.…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston doctor convicted of sexually assaulting a patient while she was tethered to machines and receiving treatment for asthma won’t serve any prison time and will instead serve 10 years’ probation. The punishment has surprised defense attorneys, disappointed law enforcement and raised concerns from a victims advocacy group, the Houston Chronicle…… MORE
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) – Students in Santa Fe, Texas, will begin a new school year with additional security measures in place following a shooting in May that left 10 people dead. The school district had metal detectors installed at entrances and hired five additional police officers. A new hallway has been built to redirect…… MORE
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) – Records show that a former Texas congressman had tried steering a federal contract to the owner of a business who gave him a $160,000-a-year job after the congressman resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Emails published Sunday by The Victoria Advocate show that former Rep. Blake Farenthold arranged a 2015 meeting between…… MORE
On Saturday, August 18, the Dallas Diocese Bishop Edward Burns told church goers at St. Cecilia Catholic Church about the allegations of sexual abuse by Reverend Edmundo Paredes, their former pastor. According to the Diocese, the allegations came from three adults, who said the criminal sexual acts happened when they were each in their mid…… MORE
Bedford (WBAP/KLIF) – A two year old girl drowned in a Bedford apartment complex swimming pool this weekend. She had been missing for two and a half hours when her body was found in the pool at the Amherst Apartment Homes where her family lives. There was no lifeguard at the pool, and no one…… MORE
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – Lightning strikes during Saturday night’s storms hit at least seven structures in McKinney. Four houses caught fire. One of them in the Eldorado Country Club neighborhood was completely destroyed. In that case the McKinney Fire Department notes everyone who was inside, and all their pets, managed to get out safely. Officially the…… MORE
