HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston doctor convicted of sexually assaulting a patient while she was tethered to machines and receiving treatment for asthma won’t serve any prison time and will instead serve 10 years’ probation. The punishment has surprised defense attorneys, disappointed law enforcement and raised concerns from a victims advocacy group, the Houston Chronicle…… MORE
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) – Students in Santa Fe, Texas, will begin a new school year with additional security measures in place following a shooting in May that left 10 people dead. The school district had metal detectors installed at entrances and hired five additional police officers. A new hallway has been built to redirect…… MORE
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) – Records show that a former Texas congressman had tried steering a federal contract to the owner of a business who gave him a $160,000-a-year job after the congressman resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Emails published Sunday by The Victoria Advocate show that former Rep. Blake Farenthold arranged a 2015 meeting between…… MORE
On Saturday, August 18, the Dallas Diocese Bishop Edward Burns told church goers at St. Cecilia Catholic Church about the allegations of sexual abuse by Reverend Edmundo Paredes, their former pastor. According to the Diocese, the allegations came from three adults, who said the criminal sexual acts happened when they were each in their mid…… MORE
Bedford (WBAP/KLIF) – A two year old girl drowned in a Bedford apartment complex swimming pool this weekend. She had been missing for two and a half hours when her body was found in the pool at the Amherst Apartment Homes where her family lives. There was no lifeguard at the pool, and no one…… MORE
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – Lightning strikes during Saturday night’s storms hit at least seven structures in McKinney. Four houses caught fire. One of them in the Eldorado Country Club neighborhood was completely destroyed. In that case the McKinney Fire Department notes everyone who was inside, and all their pets, managed to get out safely. Officially the…… MORE
THACKERVILLE, OK – (WBAP/KLIF) As many as a dozen or more people are reported injured after strong winds following heavy rains brought down a metal arch concert-goers were huddled beneath trying to escape the bad weather Saturday night. It happened in Thackerville, Oklahoma, at the Winstar Casino, just across the border in Thackerville, Oklahoma, about…… MORE
FORT WORTH – (WBAP/KLIF) If you live in the Fort Worth area and heard a lot of sirens Saturday, Medstar implemented it’s extreme weather response protocol again because of the extreme heat. When the heat index rises to 105 F, Medstar uses lights and sirens to get to patients outside and unprotected from the heat;…… MORE
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – More than 120 Vietnam War-era prisoners of war are reconnecting with one another at a Dallas-area reunion hosted by developer Ross Perot (puh-ROH’) Jr. and a nonprofit veterans’ organization. The “Return to Freedom” reunion marks the 45th anniversary of the repatriation of the 662 American POWs held by the North Vietnamese…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A sign at a Houston elementary and middle school that sparked criticism on social media has been removed. The Houston Independent School District says the sign that read, “The more you act like a lady, the more he’ll act like a gentleman,” was removed Friday night. The wall was patched and repainted.…… MORE
