GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – A billboard on a highway near Galveston is bringing attention to the city’s rift with its police union, criticizing the town as “Home of the Worst Police Retirement in Texas.” The Galveston Municipal Police Association recently leased the billboard along Interstate-45, where it will stand for the next month. The association…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Fire and Rescue reports finding the bodies of 4 people; 2 children and two adult men Sunday morning, in a home under construction in the 14 hundred block of Owega on the south side of Dallas. The home owner reportedly told arriving rescue teams two men were working on the…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A Dallas company has recalled a ton of chicken items produced last month with incorrect labels. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday announced the recall by Taylor Farms. USDA officials say the products are wrongly labeled “Chile Relleno” due to misbranding. The items contain an undeclared allergen – wheat. Officials have…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) – Police say a man has fatally shot his estranged wife and wounded two of her relatives before killing himself as his spouse moved out of the couple’s Dallas-area home. Grand Prairie police say the shootings happened Saturday morning in what investigators call an apparent murder-suicide. A police statement says a…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Texas man who admitted to killing his estranged wife by tying a massive chunk of concrete to her and throwing her off a bridge into a lake has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors in Fort Worth say Rodolfo “Rudy” Arellano pleaded guilty Wednesday to capital murder. He’ll…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University is investigating three allegations of rape at a residence hall involving the same individuals. Campus police crime logs show the string of sexual assaults reported on Monday occurred at the Waco campus’ South Russell Hall since December. Baylor spokeswoman Tonya Hudson says the cases were referred to the university’s…… MORE
Texas (AP) Three times a day, a 22-year-old Indian man on a hunger strike says, he is dragged from his cell in a Texas immigration detention center, his feet scraping the floor as he goes. He’s put on a bed where he says his arms and legs are strapped down and a group of people…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The real test of the brand new TEXRail system connecting downtown Fort Worth to DFW Airport began Friday morning. The system opened in early January, and was immediately popular: 100,000 riders in the first month. However that first month offered free rides. As of Friday morning passengers have to pay. An…… MORE
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – A 37 year old Plano man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl. Roli Lopez-Sanchez will not be eligible for parole or good-behavior credit. The girl who is now 12 years old gave birth last summer, and DNA tests confirm Lopez-Sanchez is the baby’s…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Yet another candidate has tossed his hat into the ring to run for Mayor of Dallas. 71 year old Steve Smith is the founder and C.E.O. of a multi billion dollar asset management firm. He says he’s running primarily to invigorate the Great Trinity Forest and other nature preserves along the Trinity…… MORE
