FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Friends and community members are rallying around the Fort Worth family who lost a father and son in a drowning accident over the weekend. The Fort Worth Fire Department said 51-year-old Martin Gutierrez Talamantes and his son 25-year-old Martin Gutierrez died Saturday, when one man fell into a large rock quarry…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The search continues for a Mesquite mother who vanished last week and police are hoping the public can help find her. The Mesquite Police Department released the last known surveillance video of 26-year-old Prisma Denisse Peralta Reyes, who was reported missing last Wednesday when she did not show up to pick up…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas lawmakers are considering a bill dealing with child sexual assault. The bill extends the statute of limitations for victims to be able to sue their abusers for personal injury, from the current 15 years, to 30. The bill was filed by State Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth. who told a legislative committee…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Early voting starts begins today across North Texas local leaders, including two high-profile contests for mayor in Dallas and Fort Worth. In Dallas, a mayoral runoff will be the likely result in the crowded nine candidates. Dallas political analyst Clayton Henry told the Dallas Morning News, that “while there was great anticipation…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A review finds that while a record-setting number of Hispanics are seated in the Texas Legislature, the racial breakdown of the Legislature does not accurately reflect the diversity of the state’s general population. An Austin American-Statesman analysis of the Legislature’s demographics shows that in 1991, Latinos made up 14% of lawmakers…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — New population estimates show that the Dallas-Fort Worth area led American cities in new residents from 2017 to 2018. U.S. Census Bureau numbers show that the two cities, along with Arlington in between, grew by nearly 131,700 residents and have gained more than a million residents since 2010. Houston and its neighboring cities of…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A prominent cancer center in Houston says it has ousted three scientists identified by federal authorities as probably involved in Chinese efforts to steal American research. The MD Anderson Cancer Center says it was told the National Institutes of Health could withhold funding if the Center didn’t act. The three scientists have…… MORE
COLLIN COUNTY – WBAP/KLIF – Investigation is underway into the cause of a car leaving a roadway and crashing into a home in Collin County. Highway Patrol Troopers were called to the single vehicle crash on Caddo Cove, near Sweetwater Cove and Three Rivers Lane, to find three people inside the vehicle; none were inside…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is among just nine states with holidays honoring Confederate soldiers and a teenager is behind a renewed push to change that. The effort to abolish “Confederate Heroes Day” comes months after state Republican leaders yielded to pressure and removed a 60-year-old plaque that rejected slavery as an underlying cause of…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The district attorney for one of the largest counties in Texas is introducing new drug-prosecution protocols that are expected to increase the number of case dismissals and referrals to diversion programs. Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore has already instructed crime labs to stop testing trace amounts of substances because her…… MORE
