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North Texas Native Scheffler Captures 1st Major With Masters Win

North Texas Native Scheffler Captures 1st Major With Masters Win

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – Scottie Scheffler has captured his first major championship with a three-shot victory at the Masters. The world’s top-ranked player lived up to the hype coming into Augusta after winning three of his last five tournaments. He four-putted for double-bogey at the 18th but still closed with a 1-under 71. Rory McIlroy…MORE

Texas DA Says Murder Charge in Abortion Case Will be Dropped

Texas DA Says Murder Charge in Abortion Case Will be Dropped

A Texas district attorney says he will ask a judge to dismiss a murder charge against a woman over a self-induced abortion. Lizelle Herrera was arrested Thursday in Rio Grande City after a Starr County grand jury indicted her on March 30 for murder for causing the death of a fetus or embryo through a…MORE

Federal Prison Inmates Charged With Murder

Federal Prison Inmates Charged With Murder

Beaumont (WBAP/KLIF) – Seven inmates housed at the federal prison in Beaumont have been charged with murder and attempted murder as the result of a January attack that killed two other inmates, and injured two more. The accused are all said to be members of the violent MS-13 gang, are were said to be attacking…MORE

Federal Prison Inmates Charged With Murder

Federal Prison Inmates Charged With Murder

Beaumont (WBAP/KLIF) – Seven inmates housed at the federal prison in Beaumont have been charged with murder and attempted murder as the result of a January attack that killed two other inmates, and injured two more. The accused are all said to be members of the violent MS-13 gang, are were said to be attacking…MORE

Drunk Driving Suspect Damages Jets At Love Field

Drunk Driving Suspect Damages Jets At Love Field

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A suspected drunk driver has been arrested for crashing into two private jets and a fuel truck at Dallas Love Field. 21 year old Jaime Salazar drove onto the east side of the airport early Saturday morning. While driving through a group of private hangers Salazar allegedly clipped the wings of at…MORE

7 Charged in Deaths of 2 Fellow Inmates at Prison in Texas

7 Charged in Deaths of 2 Fellow Inmates at Prison in Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – Seven inmates have been charged with killing two fellow prisoners and wounding two others during a January attack at a federal prison in Texas that led to a nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system. The 15-count indictment filed this week includes charges of racketeering, murder and attempted murder against Juan…MORE

Tesla Holds the Biggest By-Invitation-Only Party in Texas

Tesla Holds the Biggest By-Invitation-Only Party in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An invitation-only party in Austin called the “Cyber Rodeo at Giga Texas” at Tesla’s new billion-dollar-plus “Gigafactory” was the biggest secret and the toughest ticket in town. As many as 15,000 people were expected to attend the private event hosted by Tesla mogul Elon Musk on Thursday. It marks the opening…MORE

Inmate Escapes Custody at DFW Airport

Inmate Escapes Custody at DFW Airport

DALLAS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – A female inmate being transported through DFW Airport escaped custody Friday morning. According to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Jerrecca Louise Stevenson was being transported from Missouri to the Dallas County Jail on drug charges. Stevenson is a 24-year-old black woman last seen walking near a hotel in Euless wearing a…MORE

State, Community Leaders Urge Release of Texas Death Row Inmate

State, Community Leaders Urge Release of Texas Death Row Inmate

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas lawmakers are pushing for clemency in an execution scheduled for later this month. 15 years after the death of her 2-year-old daughter in Harlingen, Melissa Lucio is on the death row. She’s scheduled to be put to death on April 27. Prosecutors said Lucio abused the girl, but witnesses contend it…MORE

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars Ban over Chris Rock Slap

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars Ban over Chris Rock Slap

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. The move comes after a meeting Friday of the academy’s board of governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions. The…MORE