DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Richardson father charged with Capital Murder in the 2017 death of his adopted daughter Sherin Mathews has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Just before Wesley Mathews’ murder trial began Monday, he pleaded guilty to Injury to a Child by Omission. During the punishment phase of the trial, the state…… MORE
BEDFORD (WBAP/KLIF) – A sometimes controversial, conservative State Representative from North Texas won’t seek re-election. Republican State Rep. Jonathan Stickland of Bedford assured supporters Monday that he “never sold out” and “never gave up.” He said he was “walking out on [his] own terms.” Stickland was the author of a bill last session that led…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Federal trial for a man accused of kidnapping a Fort Worth girl last month is set for July. 51-year-old Michael Webb is charged with Federal kidnapping. According to Police, Webb was found in a hotel room with the girl he allegedly snatched from a Fort Worth neighborhood hours after she was…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting Iran’s supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions. Trump says the supreme leader is responsible for Iran’s hostile conduct. He says the United States does not seek conflict with Iran but will continue to increase pressure on its Middle East adversary to…… MORE
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 (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
UPDATED: 6/24/19 Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A week to the day after the shootout between a masked gunman and federal agents outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, police responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle near the building this morning. Several hours later, police issued an ‘all clear. Several streets downtown were…… MORE
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
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
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
