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Chemirmir Charged in Two Additional Murders

Chemirmir Charged in Two Additional Murders

(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas county authorities have added two additional capital murder charges in the case against Billy Chemirmir. The two new victims are Juanita Purdy and Leah Corken who were killed in 2016 at the Tradition-Prestonwood Senior Living Facility in Far North Dallas. The new indictments came Tuesday and bring the total number of victims…MORE

Online Child Sex Sting Nets 10 Behind Bars

Online Child Sex Sting Nets 10 Behind Bars

(WBAP/KLIF) — Undercover Tarrant county officers ran an online sting in search of sexual predators. Officers posed as children as young as 13 and caught 9 suspects who arranged to meet the kids for sex. The men ranged in age from 25 to 67 years old and were booked into jail on felony charges of online…MORE

Stocks Sink, Bonds Soar on Fears Virus will Stunt Economy

Stocks Sink, Bonds Soar on Fears Virus will Stunt Economy

NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks slumped and bond prices soared for the second day in a row as fears spread that the widening virus outbreak will put the brakes on the global economy. The losses came a day after the market’s biggest drop in two years. Investors plowed money into bonds, sending the yield on…MORE

Fort Worth Middle School Students Arrested Following School Fight

Fort Worth Middle School Students Arrested Following School Fight

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Five Fort Worth middle school students are facing criminal charges following a school fight. According to the Fort Worth Police Department, the fight happened at Rosemont Middle School Tuesday morning. A Fort Worth Police Officer assigned to the school and a security guard were hit the face and knocked down when…MORE

WATCH: Crews Work to Demolish “Leaning Tower of Dallas”

WATCH: Crews Work to Demolish “Leaning Tower of Dallas”

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The infamous “Leaning Tower of Dallas” still stands more than a week after becoming an internet sensation. The elevator shaft of an old building near HWY 75 and Haskell was exposed during a building implosion that took everything surrounding it to the ground. People from across the metroplex and around the country…MORE

Lewisville Police Seize $1.2 Million in Meth in Department’s Largest Drug Bust in History

Lewisville Police Seize $1.2 Million in Meth in Department’s Largest Drug Bust in History

LEWISVILLE  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Acting on a tip about a suspicious trailer, the Lewisville Police Department seized almost 595 pounds of methamphetamine in the largest drug bust in the department’s history. The drugs, worth an estimated street value of $1.2 million, is also the largest bust for the department’s K-9 Stryker. According to a police…MORE

Ooopsie! Joe Biden Asks South Carolinians To Support His U.S. Senate Campaign

Ooopsie! Joe Biden Asks South Carolinians To Support His U.S. Senate Campaign

South Carolina (WBAP/KLIF)  Just ahead of the South Carolina primary on Saturday, presidential candidates are busy stumping for votes across the state. Former Vice President Joe Biden who thus far has had a dismal showing in early contests made a glaring ‘ooopsie’ Monday by telling a crowd that he’s a “Democratic candidate for the “United States…MORE

Trump Calls for ‘Liberal-Leaning’ SCOTUS Justices to Recuse From Cases Involving Him

Trump Calls for ‘Liberal-Leaning’ SCOTUS Justices to Recuse From Cases Involving Him

NEW DELHI (AP) – (AP) – President Trump is repeating his call for two liberal-leaning Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from cases involving him or his administration. Trump said Tuesday in India that he doesn’t know how Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor “cannot recuse themselves for anything Trump or Trump related.” Trump…MORE

Texas Secretary of State Rolls Out Voter Education Campaign as Early Voting Surges

Texas Secretary of State Rolls Out Voter Education Campaign as Early Voting Surges

Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Early voting continues in record numbers across Texas, in counties with the highest voter registrations. On day five of early voting Saturday, stats show that over 322,000 Texans had already cast ballots. Early turnout is high in both Democratic and Republican primaries, with Democrats outpacing republicans by over 42-thousand. Voting continues…MORE

Former UT Austin Tennis Coach Sentenced For Role In College Admissions Scandal

Former UT Austin Tennis Coach Sentenced For Role In College Admissions Scandal

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