Frisco, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Frisco couple out for a walk stumbled across a loaded handgun in the grass, right across the street from a middle school 15 minutes before school let out. The two were on their daily route when the husband saw the weapon, with five bullets in the magazine, one in the…… MORE
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Remains of missing Vietnam war pilot from Texas identified
ABILENE, Texas (AP) — The remains of a Navy pilot from West Texas will be returned to his family more than 50 years after he and his jet disappeared during a Vietnam War combat photo mission. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Thursday announced identification of Navy Reserve Cmdr. Charles B. Goodwin of Haskell, Texas. Burial will…… MORE
Young Teen in Critical Condition after Fort Worth Vehicle Hit
(Fort Worth) – WBAP/KLIF- Fort Worth Police report a 14 year old boy was taken to Cook Children’s in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Southeast Fort Worth about 6:30 pm Thursday. Few details are available beyond a witness reportedly telling police the boy was chasing a ball in the street…… MORE
Memorial Growing for 12-year-old Killed in Mesquite School Bus Crash
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite middle school student killed in a school bus crash Wednesday on Lawson Road in Mesquite was identified as 12-year-old Jazmine Alfaro, according to a Police report obtained by WBAP/KLIF Thursday. Investigators say the Mesquite ISD school bus was traveling south on Lawson when the rear passenger tires left the road…… MORE
Do You Recognize this Man? Car Burglar on the Loose in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police are looking for a man they say burglarized several cars. Fort Worth Police Officer Buddy Calzada said a white man broke into cars on North Main Street and then stole a 2010 Dodge Avenger and rammed it into a locked gate. Police said the Avenger was later found, burned…… MORE
What You Need to Know to Prepare for the Red River Show Down 2018
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With thousands of people coming to the State Fair for the Texas/OU game, Dallas Police are beefing up security. “We have on-duty and off-duty officers in and around Fair Park to keep people safe, make sure traffic is going smoothly,” Corporal Demarquis Black with the Dallas Police Department said. Dallas Police have…… MORE
DOJ Announces More Than $70 Million to Support School Safety
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Department of Justice announced more than $70 million in grant funding Wednesday to bolster school security, educate and train students and faculty, and support law enforcement officers and first responders who arrive on the scene of a school violence incident. More than a million dollars in grants were given to awardees operating in the Northern…… MORE
White House Says Senators Have time to Look at FBI Report
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it has received the FBI’s supplemental background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and senators have enough time to review it and vote. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley tweeted early Thursday he also had received the file. Grassley is expected to read it Thursday morning, followed…… MORE
VIDEO: A Battle of the Ted Cruz Signs Between Two Fort Worth Neighbors
Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – It’s become a battle of campaign signs for two Fort Worth neighbors. A North Bugle drive man pulled up in front of his house one day and noticed a Ted Cruz sign on the lawn. WFAA-TV reports, Michel Bond wondered why his neighbor would put the sign right on the…… MORE
One of Irving Fire Department’s ‘Blocker’ Trucks Did its Job Protecting First Responders
(Irving, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Irving fire department has decorated one of its newly-coined “blocker trucks” with a decal, after the truck did its job by protecting first responders. @Irving_Fire Blocker 12 received the first "Save" decal from a highway accident. While working a recent major accident Blocker 12 was struck by a chemically impaired…… MORE
