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Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher indicted for child molesting

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher indicted for child molesting

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher John Wetteland has been indicted on child molesting charges. He was arrested in January when he was accused by a relative of sexual assault beginning in 2004 when that relative was 4 years old. Wetteland played with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos and New York…MORE

Border Patrol orders quick releases of families

Border Patrol orders quick releases of families

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrant families and children entering the U.S. from Mexico is so high that Border Patrol is immediately releasing them instead of transferring them to the agency responsible for their release, forcing local governments to help coordinate their housing, meals and travel. “We need to work toward a clean sweep,”…MORE

Supreme Court blocks Thursday night Texas execution

Supreme Court blocks Thursday night Texas execution

Huntsville (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a reprieve Thursday night preventing the execution of Patrick Murphy. Murphy is the next-to-last surviving member of the Texas 7 prison escapees who murdered an Irving Police officer on Christmas eve, 2000. The court prevented the scheduled lethal injection of Murphy to give his attorneys time to…MORE

Congress Investigating Texas Secretary of State’s Review of Voter Rolls

Congress Investigating Texas Secretary of State’s Review of Voter Rolls

(WBAP/KLIF) – Congress is now investigating the Texas Secretary of State’s review of voter rolls for supposed non U.S. citizens. The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Secretary of State David whitley saying the committee is “disturbed by reports that his office took steps to remove thousands of eligible voters…MORE

Fort Worth ISD Raising Funds for Resources, Improve Literacy at Elementary Schools

Fort Worth ISD Raising Funds for Resources, Improve Literacy at Elementary Schools

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Read Fort Worth is competing in a national competition to improve literacy at high need elementary schools. The Community Thrives (USA TODAY) fundraiser is to raise $100,000 or more to implement elementary literacy strategies and introduce STEM  programs and four Fort Worth ISD elementary campus libraries (Sunrise, Moss, and Westen Hills Primary and Elementary) .…MORE

New Poll has Beto O’Rourke Third, in Democratic Presidential Primary Race

New Poll has Beto O’Rourke Third, in Democratic Presidential Primary Race

(WBAP/KLIF) – A new poll puts former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke in the top three, when it comes to Democratic presidential contenders. The new national poll done by Quinnipiac University has former Vice President, Joe Biden, leading the pack with 29 percent support among democrats. Senator Bernie Sanders is second with 19 percent, followed by…MORE

More Charges Against Man Caught on Camera Punching Woman in Deep Ellum

More Charges Against Man Caught on Camera Punching Woman in Deep Ellum

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police filed additional charges Thursday against a man seen on camera repeatedly punching a woman outside a Deep Ellum bar last week. Austin Shuffield is now also charged with Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon. The Dallas Police Department has also sent a an Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge, which is…MORE

Efforts are underway to stop a scheduled Thursday night execution.

Efforts are underway to stop a scheduled Thursday night execution.

Irving (WBAP/KLIF)- A last minute drive is underway to prevent Thursday night’s scheduled execution of the next-to-last member of the so-called “Texas 7.” Now 57 year old Patrick Murphy was one of a gang of escaped convicts who murdered Irving Police officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery 18 years ago. Murphy’s attorneys say…MORE

US will reassign border inspectors as illegal crossings rise

US will reassign border inspectors as illegal crossings rise

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors as beleaguered forces already stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border struggle to keep pace with the growing number of migrant families who are showing up at the border in poor health and turning themselves in to agents to…MORE