DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Accused North Texas serial killer Billy Chemirmir will face his second trial in Dallas County on Monday. He’s charged with capital murder in the death of 87-year-old Mary Brooks, who was found dead on the floor of her condo. Authorities initially believed she died of natural causes but later reconsidered.…… MORE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to illegally annex parts of Ukraine, while Kyiv has submitted an “accelerated” application to join NATO. At the Kremlin, Putin and the pro-Moscow heads of the four Ukrainian regions inked the treaties in a sharp escalation of the war. The signing came three days…… MORE
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Hurricane Ian has made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian’s center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful…… MORE
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Hurricane Ian has made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian’s center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful…… MORE
MCGREGOR (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Department of Public Safety said five people were fatally shot in a shocking familial domestic dispute in McGregor, about twenty miles southwest of Waco. The tragedy happened around 7:30 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 900 block of Monroe. An unidentified man killed his wife and her…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A damaged perimeter fence, broken glass, a smashed sign and tire tracks marked a path of damage along the east entrance to the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin on Thursday morning. Pictures posted by local news station KXAN show a state department of public safety officer inspecting the damage, which…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An abundance of Texas resources are aiding in the daunting clean-up and recovery efforts in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The Texas A&M Forest service dispatched it’s mobile command post to the Florida on Thursday; and, staged in the region before the storm was some 500 Oncor employees and contractors.…… MORE
UPDATE 10?02/2022 1:30 PM – Officials declare the Lazy Fire now 75% contained and still at 1,800 acres burned. UPDATE 10/01/2022 11:15 AM – The Lazy Fire has ballooned to engulf 1,800 acres as of Saturday morning, and is reported as 65% contained. Officials now report the blaze began as a prescribed burn in the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar was found dead after a rock climbing accident in California, Wednesday afternoon. The 31-year-old was one of two rock climbers found deceased in the Idyllwild area. The other victim was 33-year-old Chelsea Walsh. Both were found after Riverside firefighters hiked to the victims’ location at Tahquitz…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall brought a message of courage to educators at Thursday’s Momentous Institute’s “Changing the Odds” Conference at the Omni Dallas. The event marked the 10th annual and was sold out. Educators from across DFW listened to Marshall’s message amid continued challenges in the industry. “Sometimes people are forced…… MORE
