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Border Patrol Finds Four Bodies, Including Three Children, Along Texas-Mexico Border

Border Patrol Finds Four Bodies, Including Three Children, Along Texas-Mexico Border

MISSION, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – U.S. Border Patrol said four bodies have been found near the Rio Grande River in the Rio Grande Valley region near the Texas-Mexico border. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said the deceased are a woman in her early 20s, a toddler and two infants. Their bodies were found southeast of the…MORE

Dallas Area Funeral Home Offers Free Services For Victims of Violence

Dallas Area Funeral Home Offers Free Services For Victims of Violence

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — It has been a violent year in North Texas. Dallas alone has suffered 103 homicides in less than six months. Most of the victims leave behind families with no means to bury them. Now, Mansfield Funeral Home is stepping up to offer free basic funeral services and a free casket for…MORE

Capital Murder Trial of Wesley Mathews Begins Today

Capital Murder Trial of Wesley Mathews Begins Today

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Nearly two years after the body of a 3-year Richardson girl was found in a culvert, the capital murder trial of her adoptive father begins today. Wesley Mathews first reported daughter Sherin Mathews missing on October 7 2017, about 3 weeks before her body was found. He changed his story about about…MORE

North Texas Probation Officer Fabricated Records, Police Say

North Texas Probation Officer Fabricated Records, Police Say

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a North Texas probation officer fabricated records and sought to revoke the probation of a pregnant woman whose child the officer wanted to adopt. An investigation by Texas Rangers determined 38-year-old Lakisha Nicole McKnight sought to benefit from revoking the woman’s probation and denying her parental rights upon…MORE

Former spouse dies during confrontation with his ex-wife

Former spouse dies during confrontation with his ex-wife

Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington Police are investigating the death of a man who apparently was killed Saturday afternoon during a confrontation with his ex-wife. Officers found his body in a parking lot on Cooper Street a little north of I-20. His ex-wife told them he had confronted her there, and jumped on the hood of…MORE

American Red Cross Launches Eye-Catching Donate Campaign

American Red Cross Launches Eye-Catching Donate Campaign

DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – That’s not a light bulb that needs changing on a corporate sign looking a bit odd to the eye.  It’s much more likely to be a corporate or tourism group allowing certain blood type letters to be left out of or not lit at night in order to bring attention to…MORE

Two Homicide Arrests in the Dallas Violent Crime Wave

Two Homicide Arrests in the Dallas Violent Crime Wave

DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police say they’ve arrested a 40 year old man and charged him with felony capital murder in the shooting deaths of a man and woman at the Coronado Apartments on Grand Avenue Thursday. 40 year old Leo Ted Pintor, charged in the “homicidal violence” crime resulting in the deaths of…MORE

Three Areas In Texas Not Meeting Federal Air Quality Standards

Three Areas In Texas Not Meeting Federal Air Quality Standards

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Department of Transportation is promoting its “Drive Clean Texas Campaign, with the expectation of more drivers on the road during the Summer months. According to TxDot, three areas in the state -Dallas / Fort Worth, Houston / Galveston, and El Paso are not meeting federal air quality standards. Additionally,…MORE

A Philadelphia Law Firm Hit With Sanctions Over Documents in Baylor Assault Cases

A Philadelphia Law Firm Hit With Sanctions Over Documents in Baylor Assault Cases

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in Texas has sanctioned a Philadelphia-based law firm for knowingly violating court orders and ignoring a subpoena to produce documents relevant to lawsuits filed by 15 women against Baylor University. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Friday that the law firm Pepper Hamilton must pay some of the…MORE