KATY, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a dispute over a kid’s haircut ended with gunfire at a Texas barbershop. The Harris County sheriff’s office says deputies are looking for a man who shot a barber in the Houston suburb of Katy during an argument Saturday. Witnesses say the argument was over the haircut given to…… MORE
ROCKWALL, WBAP/KLIF – A 77 year old woman was treated and released after suffering injuries when she fell to the ground during a purse snatching inside the Walmart store on West Rusk Street Saturday, around dinnertime. Rockwall Police Sgt. Aron McGrew says the woman had just entered the Walmart store, followed by two male suspects…… MORE
MINERAL WELLS, WISE COUNTY – Department of Public Safety Trooper Ricky Hunter says wet roads and lack of a seat belt has claimed the life of 47 year old Maneuela H. Pedroza. In that same car, the driver, 20 year old Alexander Nieto was critically injured. Troopers say his vehicle began slipping on wet pavement…… MORE
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a 19-year-old pregnant woman. The Beaumont Enterprise reports Corey Spencer admitted for the first time during Wednesday’s sentencing that he shot Kera Teel during the attempted car robbery two years ago. Spencer has been in and out of juvenile…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Law enforcement experts say a small Texas police department’s extended silence about an officer fatally shooting a 28-year-old man runs contrary to best practices and creates fertile ground for public mistrust. Temple police officer Carmen DeCruz shot Michael Dean in the head on Dec. 2. More than two weeks later, the public…… MORE
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Las Vegas authorities say six people are dead and 13 are injured following a fire Saturday morning in a three-story downtown apartment complex. The fire department earlier said that five of the injured were in critical condition and that some residents were hanging out of windows as firefighters arrived. The department…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize the private land it needs to build a border wall in south Texas. The Justice Department has filed three lawsuits so far this month against landowners in the Rio Grande Valley, targeting border towns and farms at Texas’ southernmost point. Many more…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A commercial real estate company is finding new purposes for the old Rangers Ballpark, Globe Life Park. Trenton Price, Director of Vision Commercial Real Estate says they’re looking to fill a 4-story office tower inside the ballpark with traditional office users like medical, law firms, architecture and engineering. They’re also looking to fill…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Regional Chamber is praising Congress for this week’s passage of the the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. “Ratification of the USMCA is critical to our economic future here in Texas because it will preserve and strengthen our trade ties to Canada and Mexico, which are by far the largest markets for Texas exports,” said Chris Nielsen,…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Former Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean has been indicted by a Tarrant County Grand Jury for the murder of Atatiana Jefferson. Dean is accused of shooting and killing Jefferson through a window inside her family’s home while dean was responding to an open door call. It happened after 2:30 am on…… MORE
