(WBAP/KLIF) – A tropical system that’s expected to make landfall as a hurricane is prompting officials along parts of the Gulf Coast to prepare for flooding. Parts of Louisiana have had a small dose of heavy rain and flooding already with flooded streets Wednesday in New Orleans. This, while forecasters warn of what would be Tropical Storm, or eventually,…… MORE
Body of Missing Dallas Toddler Found in Landfill
Updated 3:52 pm: Dallas Police say the body of 18 month old Cedric Jackson, who was the subject of an Amber Alert, has been found in a landfill in Rowlett. Detectives say the boyfriend of the child’s aunt, Sedrick Johnson, confessed to placing the baby’s body in a dumpster. Johnson is charged with injury to a…… MORE
Double Shooting Outside Bucks Cabaret in Fort Worth
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Two men were hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting overnight at Bucks Cabaret in Fort Worth. Northwest units responded to the adult entertainment club Meacham Blvd. around 3am and found the two victims in a parking lot. Fort Worth Police spokesman Joey Pollozani says that “it appears a disturbance in…… MORE
NTSB Preliminary Report Sheds No Light On Addison Plane Crash
DALLAS (AP) – Federal accident investigators have issued a preliminary report on the crash of a small plane that killed all 10 people on board at a Dallas-area airport. However, the National Transportation Safety Board report issued this week offers no new insights into what caused the June 30 crash of the twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350…… MORE
Authorities: Missing Texas Man Was Eaten By His Own Dogs
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who had been missing for months was eaten, bones and all, by his pack of dogs, sheriff’s deputies said. Medical examiners said Tuesday that DNA testing determined that pieces of bone recovered from the dogs’ feces were those of 57-year-old Freddie Mack, according to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.…… MORE
Severe Thunderstorms bring more damage to DFW
(WBAP/KLIF) Colleyville – The Colleyville Fire Department responded to a house fire in the Westmont neighborhood of Colleyville. The house fire comes following severe thunderstorms that made their way through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex on Wednesday evening. The storms brought heavy wind gust around 60-70 mph and lightening. Several North Texans are experiencing wind damage along…… MORE
Cornyn thinks Royce West will Seek Senate Seat
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn seemed to have good things to say about a possible democratic challenger to his senate seat. Cornyn thinks State Senator Royce West has indicated he will announce a run. “I see that Senator Royce West, who I’ve known a long time, who has been a leading member of the Texas…… MORE
Grapevine Police Searching for Man Believed to be Targeting Women
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF) – Grapevine Police are searching for a Hispanic man believed to be targeting women, primarily along Mustang Drive. According to Grapevine Police, all of the victims were able to fight off the suspect, but in one case, a woman’s collarbone was broken in her struggle to escape. Investigators are working at least five separate…… MORE
Dallas Police Welcome Largest Recruiting Class in Recent History
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Training is officially underway for the largest Dallas Police Department recruiting class since 1991. The class of 65 recruits comes amid a reported Police shortage and recent increased violent crime in the city. “I served in the Navy and thought I could work for a Police Department that really needs the help…… MORE
DART Police Department Presented With Fallen Officer ‘Honor Chair’
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A San Antonio nonprofit organization that honors fallen first responders by building special wooden chairs in their honor has presented a chair to the DART Police Department. The organization, Saving a Hero’s Place, presented the honor chair at DART Police Headquarters for DART Police Officer Brent Thompson as a way to keep…… MORE
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