(WBAP/KLIF) – Many North Texas cities are notifying residents that red light cameras are being turned off, following Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to sign a bill banning the cameras into law. The law takes effect September 1, but many municipalities are cutting ties with the camera now. A popular red light camera vendor is allowing…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Witnesses testified Monday in the capital murder trial of a woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex boyfriend’s new girlfriend. Dr. Kendra Hatcher was shot to death in her apartment parking garage in Uptown Dallas in 2015. Bonnie Jamison is her mother and says she was terrified the day…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Community members from the Fort Worth neighborhood where 8-year-old Salem Sabatka was kidnapped are discussing safety improvements at a meeting Monday night (6/3). Sabatka was found safe after being abducted in front of her mother in the Ryan Place neighborhood almost two weeks ago. However, concerned neighbors are trying to make sure it…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Six fallen warrior portraits were added to “Hall of Heroes” at the Russell A. Steindam Courts Building in McKinney, on Monday During a special meeting of the Collin County Commissioners Court in the “Hall of Heroes,” the North Texas Fallen Warrior Portrait Project presented the portraits of six Collin County young men who…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Police have confirmed the body found in White Rock Lake as Chynal Lindsey, a transgender female. The Dallas Police department is asking for FBI assistance on the cases of three transgender women who were murdered and one assaulted. Chief Renee Hall said it’s unsure if these are related or if it is…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – It’s a tragic end to a case that pulled at the heart strings of Texans and gained national attention. The Harris County Medical Examiner has confirmed the human remains found in Arkansas Friday belong to 4-year-old Maleah Davis of Houston. According to the Associated Press, authorities found Maleah’s remains near a…… MORE
(CNN) Leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs is looking into setting up its own retail stores, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The plans, which have not been finalized, could bring some of the company’s retail sales in-house amid increasing pressure from the US Food and Drug Administration, elected officials and health groups concerning…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A South Dallas car wash employee is dead after a gun battle broke out in front of the business late last night. Dale davenport owns Jim’s Car Wash off MLK Blvd and says what happened was a horrible, horrible thing. “The lady that was killed tonight was sweeping and she had on…… MORE
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) – Fort Hood’s famous “hug lady” will have a room named after her at the terminal where she hugged thousands of soldiers deploying to war zones. The Killeen Daily Herald reports that Elizabeth Laird will be honored inside the air terminal at Fort Hood, the U.S. Army post in Central Texas that’s…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law banning red-light traffic cameras in the nation’s second-largest state. Abbott tweeted Saturday that he signed off on the ban, which takes effect Sept. 1. Such cameras take images of vehicles entering intersections when red stoplights are lit. Drivers are usually fined…… MORE
