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Family Rescued from Burning Home in Parker County

Family Rescued from Burning Home in Parker County

WEATHERFORD (WBAP/KLIF) – Parker County Sheriff’s deputies and neighbors helped rescue a family from a house fire early Thursday morning near Weatherford. Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said the call came in at 3:03 a.m., in the 200-block of Kalinga Drive in Springtown. Deputies arrived first on scene with flames showing through the roof of the…MORE

Medstar Launches Mobile Flu Clinic for Spike in North Texas Flu Cases

Medstar Launches Mobile Flu Clinic for Spike in North Texas Flu Cases

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Medstar is doing it’s own mobile flu clinic, so you and a group can get vaccinated wherever you are. Matt Zavadsky with Medstar says hospitals in North Texas are experiencing a significant influx of patients with the flu, so Medstar is being pro-active by offering these mobile flu vaccine clinics for 10 or…MORE

Texas Doctor Wins Court Battle to Keep 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skull Fossil

Texas Doctor Wins Court Battle to Keep 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skull Fossil

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – After a years-long ownership battle with the U.S. government, a Fort Worth judge allowed a Wichita Falls physician to keep his 70 million-year-old dinosaur skull fossil. The Dallas Morning News reports a Dr. James Godwin, a palentology enthusiast, argued the government , which seized the Tyrannosaurus bataar skull in mid-2013,…MORE

Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress

Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress

NEW YORK (AP) – Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on a Trump real estate project in Russia. Cohen made a surprise appearance Thursday in a New York courtroom to enter the plea. He admitted making false statements in 2017 to a Senate…MORE

Grand Jury Will Decide on Friday on Amber Guyger Case

Grand Jury Will Decide on Friday on Amber Guyger Case

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A grand jury won’t decide until Friday in the case of a former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor in his own apartment after she said she mistook it for hers. The secret panel has been hearing testimony most of the week in connection with the case since…MORE

Convicted Cell Phone Thief is Allegedly Up to Old Tricks

Convicted Cell Phone Thief is Allegedly Up to Old Tricks

Tyler, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Tyler man on probation for swiping over 23-thousand dollars worth of phones from a Verizon store apparently hasn’t learned his lesson. Tyler police say 24-year-old Vernell D. Richarson is now accused targeting the lockers of TCU football players. The Star-Telegram reports, Richardson was arrested Wednesday morning on a ‘burglary of…MORE

Frisco Residents On Alert After Multiple Coyote Attacks

Frisco Residents On Alert After Multiple Coyote Attacks

Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – The Frisco Police Department reported several incidents of aggressive coyote attacks near Eldorado Parkway/ Ryan Chandler with Frisco police says a jogger suffered significant neck injuries and had surgery after a coyote attack Wednesday morning. The coyote is still on the loose. “If at all possible we’re encouraging the public to stay…MORE

O’Rourke vs. Castro: 2 Texans eye White House runs

O’Rourke vs. Castro: 2 Texans eye White House runs

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro were barely old enough for elementary school the last time a Democrat from ruby red Texas ran for the White House. But after a midterm campaign that saw Democrats make inroads throughout the Sun Belt, both Texans are signaling they could make a play for the…MORE

Tarrant County GOP Leaders Consider Removing Muslim Member

Tarrant County GOP Leaders Consider Removing Muslim Member

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Emails show Republican county leaders in one of the most populous counties in Texas want to remove a party vice chairman because he’s Muslim. The emails delivered anonymously to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram indicate the Tarrant County GOP executive committee plans to vote Jan. 10 on whether to remove Shahid…MORE

Wheel and Tire Theft Ring in Johnson County

Wheel and Tire Theft Ring in Johnson County

KEENE – (WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities in Johnson County are warning residents of wheel and tire thefts that appear to be on the rise.   Three have been reported this week; the thefts can cost victims thousands of dollars each. Keene Police Department’s Facebook page is alerting residents to the establishment of a task force to find…MORE