BOSTON (AP) – The former men’s tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin sprinted away from reporters and his lawyers after he was sentenced to six months in prison for his role in a college admissions scandal. Michael Center was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for taking a $100,000 bribe in…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren endorsed her, Texas’ largest labor union is on her side andshe surpassed $1 millionin donors. Jessica Cisneros, who at 26 would become the youngest member of Congress, is the best shot liberal activists could’ve taken for a win in the 2020 election. But it’s not clear…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Mesquite (Image courtesy of WFAA TV) The Mesquite Police department has issued an Amber Alert for Nyla Crockett, a black 8 month old girl with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the 4800 block of North Galloway Avenue in Mesquite. Police are also looking for Chernario Crockett in connection with…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – A Plano church volunteer is sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The Collin County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that 45-year-old Everardo Raul Sanchez-Cabrera of Plano, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. “We expect our church leaders,…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – A jury in New York found disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty of criminal sex act for assaulting production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape of a woman in 2013. The jury found him not guilty on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, that could…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The penalty phase of trial for the man convicted of capital murder in the killing of a Richardson police officer began Monday morning. A Collin County jury found Brandon Mccall guilty last Wednesday, in the shooting death of veteran Officer David Sherrard February 7th, 2018. The county will try McCall for the…… MORE
(AP) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is rolling out an advertising campaign to let people know they can file claims against the company over the toll of its opioids. The effort is part of the company’s bankruptcy proceedings, which it is using to try to settle nearly 3,000 lawsuits. Most were filed by state and…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – More than two years after a kidnapped 13-year old girl was found dead in an abandoned house in Oak Cliff, the trial for one of the men allegedly involved begins today. Shavon Randle of Lancaster was the innocent victim in a case involving retaliation over stolen drug money. Randle’s body and the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Emergency responders are busy with a serious crash investigation involving a pedestrian on 635 at Abrams. WFAA reports that three vehicles were involved, and that at least one of the drivers underwent a sobriety test Another person was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The accident happened around 4:30am. Pictures from…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous weekend street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second person in days killed along a parade route during this year’s Carnival season, authorities said. The man was fatally injured Saturday evening as the popular Krewe of Endymion…… MORE
