DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- As a tropical storm makes it way through the Gulf and could hit the Houston area in the coming days, The Texas Department of Health Services wants Texans to be prepared. Chris Van Deusen with DSHS says to make a plan in advance, decide what you’ll do in case of severe weather. No…… MORE
Trump Drops Citizenship Question from Census
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is abandoning his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Instead, Trump says he’s ordering every federal department and agency to provide the Commerce Department with all records it requests pertaining to the number of citizens and non-citizens in the country. Trump says he will sign…… MORE
Missing Dallas 1-year-old Baby’s Body Found in Landfill, Suspect Arrested
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Police confirms the body found in a Rowlett Landfill is Cedric Jackson, the missing 18 month old, who was subject to a state-wide amber alert. Major Vincent Weddington said they found the body shortly after 11am Thursday, Cedric was taken from his Aunt’s apartment on Wednesday. 27-year-old Sedrick Johnson is charged with…… MORE
‘Texas 7’ Inmate Faces October Execution for Officer’s Death
DALLAS (AP) – An inmate who was one of the “Texas 7” escaped prisoners blamed for the 2000 slaying of an Irving police officer faces execution this fall. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Randy Halprin is scheduled for execution Oct. 10. TDCJ spokesman Jeremy Desel, in an email Thursday to The Associated Press,…… MORE
Medstar: Sharp Increase in Heat Related Illnesses in July
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texas first responders are urging residents to be safe as we enter the dog days of summer and temperatures hover around 100 degrees. The Tarrant County ambulance service Medstar reports there’s been a sharp increase in heat-related calls since July. “48 patients…eight of those patients were in serious or critical condition…… MORE
Wet Weekend Ahead for Parts of the Gulf Coast, Potential Hurricane Approaches
(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
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