Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say they have shut down a mother and son fronted prostitution ring that victimized dozens of women. A federal grand jury has indicted both Helen Yu Kim and her son, Daniel Mendoza, Junior for allegedly running the ring out of two spas owned by Kim, Illusion, and Pink One. Kim…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A grand jury has indicted an alleged kingpin among Fort Worth pimps. 39 year old Tremont Blakemore, who also calls himself “Macknificent,” allegedly ran his criminal enterprise in an upscale north Fort Worth neighborhood. He is now charged not only with prostitution, but with racketeering, money laundering, tampering with evidence, and…… MORE
Baltimore, MD (WBAP/KLIF) – The appointment of Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald to be Baltimore’s new Police Commissioner might not be the done deal it has been reported to be. Fitzgerald’s appointment was announced by Baltimore’s Mayor, but the Baltimore City Council is now criticizing what it says has been her lack of transparency…… MORE
Carrollton (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Carrollton is praising quick action by its Environmental Services Department for preventing a broken sewer line from turning into an environmental disaster. The sewer line broke late Monday morning when the bank of Hutton Branch Creek gave way. 150,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the creek, but by…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An 18 wheeler tanker truck was ripped apart this morning when it was hit by a Trinity Railway Express passenger train while driving across the tracks on Calloway Cemetery Road. That’s an uncontrolled railroad crossing in an industrial area on the east side of Fort Worth. No word on what the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Lee Stricklin was last seen November 20, 2018 at about 3:45 p.m., on foot in the 3500 block of Gaston Avenue. Lee is described as a 76-year-old, Black Male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5’9” tall and weighs 164 pounds. Lee was wearing a black ball cap, blue t-shirt…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Monday was the first day Texas lawmakers could file their proposals for new bills in the next session of the legislature that begins in Austin January 8. 600 proposals were filed including a bill that would exempt Texas from daylight saving time. There’s also a proposal that would require commercial pecan buyers…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the normal west to east wind patterns over the United States could carry California wildfire smoke across the country, affecting all of north Texas including the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some computer models show the smoke is likely to reach the east coast. However they also…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A Houston man is facing criminal charges six months after his 6 year old daughter apparently killed her one year old brother while they waited for their father to come out of a store. Adrian Middleton has been charged with child abandonment. He told Houston Police he left his children in the…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Police are looking for four women who stole more than $5,000 of merchandise from a Fort Worth beauty store last month. The four took the items from the Ulta Beauty in the 3000 block of South Hulen Street on Oct. 13, police said Monday, and are thought to be connected to…… MORE
