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Plano Police Investigating Early Morning Apartment Shooting

Plano Police Investigating Early Morning Apartment Shooting

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) — Plano Police are looking for a shooter and victim after an early morning report of shots fired at a Northwest Plano apartment complex. The call came into police just before 5:00 Thursday morning from an apartment near Parkwood and Harry Cook Boulevard, not far from the Shops at Legacy. Early reports…MORE

Texas Lawmaker Denies Sending Explicit Texts To Grad Student

Texas Lawmaker Denies Sending Explicit Texts To Grad Student

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Attorneys for a Texas lawmaker say he didn’t send “any inappropriate texts” following a report that the University of Texas is investigating allegations made by a graduate student. Republican state Sen. Charles Schwertner has denied allegations reported by the Austin American-Statesman that he sent a sexually explicit text message to a…MORE

Collin County Babysitter Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child

Collin County Babysitter Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child

ANNA (WBAP/KLIF News) — Police in Anna have arrested a man who is accused of performing a sex act on a three-year-old while babysitting three children. According to the department, 50-year-old James De La Vega of Plano was caught performing the act on the child when the mothers of the children came home from a…MORE

Carrollton Police need help identifying a robbery suspect

Carrollton Police need help identifying a robbery suspect

The Carrollton Police Department are searching for a suspect who robbed I-Smoke Vapor Gallery on Friday, September 21, 2018. I-Smoke Vapor Gallery is located at 1616 W. Hebron Pkwy just northwest of State Highway 121 and W. Hebron Pkwy. The robbery happened around 3:40 p.m. and the pictured suspect reportedly displayed a small, silver, semi-automatic…MORE

Non-profit receives nearly 200k Scholarship Money for Military Families in DFW

ADDISON (WBAP/KLIF)- The Folds of Honor non-profit, received nearly $200,000 to go towards military family scholarships for students in Texas The was raised by DFW shoppers at Albertsons and Tom Thumb, who donated to the organization at checkout. Sarah Duncan with folds of honor says she received this scholarship to attend college, and now she works…MORE

Irving Man Charged with Sexual Assault through Tinder Dating App

Irving Man Charged with Sexual Assault through Tinder Dating App

IRVING (WBAP/KLIF)- Irving police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman after she met him through the Tinder dating app. 21-year-old Connor David Clyne is charged with sexual assault after police say he lured the woman into his apartment. Officer James McLellan said the woman did not know clyne, but went to his…MORE

Trump is Open to Changing Mind on Kavanaugh

Trump is Open to Changing Mind on Kavanaugh

NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’s open to changing his mind on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh – if the evidence at Thursday’s Senate committee hearing is compelling. Trump says at a news conference in New York that he’ll watch the testimony from Kavanaugh and a woman who’s accusing Kavanaugh of sexual…MORE

Jury Deliberating in Trial for Former Mesquite Police Officer

Jury Deliberating in Trial for Former Mesquite Police Officer

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The fate of a former Mesquite Police Officer is in the hands of a Dallas County jury. Deliberations in the trial for Derick Wiley began Wednesday. Wiley is charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon on the 2017 shooting of Lyndo Jones, who survived. Wiley testified that he thought Jones was…MORE

ICE arrests 98 in North Texas, Oklahoma Areas During 10-day Operation

ICE arrests 98 in North Texas, Oklahoma Areas During 10-day Operation

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested 98 illegal immigrants in North Texas and Oklahoma during a 10-day enforcement action, which ended Friday. According to ICE, during the operation, deportation officers made arrests in the following 38 Texas cities and towns: Amarillo (2), Arlington (2), Athens…MORE

New Allegations Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Submitted to Senate Committee

New Allegations Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Submitted to Senate Committee

(CNN) — A woman has come forward with new allegations about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, accusing him of inappropriate behavior while he was in high school. The allegations come from Julie Swetnick, who attended Gaithersburg High School in Maryland. Swetnick said she attended “well over ten” parties where Kavanaugh was present and saw him…MORE