Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Denton man was sentenced Thursday to nearly five decades in prison after being convicted for causing injury to a child. 48-year old John Scott Tufts was found guilty of using a toy doll in the gruesome sexual assault of a 5-year girl in 2016. Tufts caused serious injury from what…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Police are releasing a photo of the person believed to have robbed several kids near Oak Cliff schools, and they’re asking for your help. The photos show the suspect and is getaway car — victims say in four of the five robberies that have been reported, he had a gun. They happened…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Legislature is reviving efforts similar to those blocked in the U.S. Senate last month that threatened doctors who don’t try saving the life of infants born alive during abortions. Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst said Thursday that “where D.C. is unclear, we’re going to be very clear here in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas City Plan Commission overwhelmingly voted Thursday night to approve the Salvation Army’s proposed new 95-million dollar, 20-acre campus in an industrial corner of Stemmons Freeway. The vote now sends the proposal up to the Dallas City Council for a prospective vote in April. The Salvation Army has been seeking a new…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Community Food Bank and the Tarrant Area Food Bank combined forces to serve over 1,000 pounds of food to 700 hungry families. Kristie Whitaker got a weeks worth of groceries donated from Walmart and Trader Joes. “I got all sorts of stuff even dog food, this place is always good to…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former Congressman Ralph Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, has died at age 95. Hall’s longtime strategist, Ed Valentine, says the Texas Republican died at his home Thursday morning. Hall became the oldest member of the U.S. House in 2012, breaking North Carolina Representative Charles Manly Stedman’s record. Stedman…… MORE
A Grand Prairie K9 officer is being praised for its work in a Dallas drug bust. K9 officer Max, along with members of the Grand Prairie Police Department and the Dallas Police Department’s Gang Unit, recovered $200,000 worth of THC oil. THC is what gets people high when they smoke marijuana. Along with the hash…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF) – A dog belonging to Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Dak Prescott will remain in the care of the Collin County Animal Shelter pending the outcome of a hearing. The dog was seized by animal services last month after witnesses say it escaped from Prescott’s home and bit a woman who intervened in a confrontation…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol reports it has taken more than 700 migrants into custody at the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso within a 24-hour period. In a statement, the patrol said the detentions involved several large groups of migrants that crossed the border illegally late Tuesday and Wednesday. It said…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – McKinney police are asking the public to help find a driver who hit a pedestrian and never stopped to help. Investigators said it happened February 18th around 7:35 p.m. in the parking lot of the shopping center at Highway 121 and Custer Road. Surveillance photos show a black car, possibly an early…… MORE
