DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Winter weather arrives in North Texas Thursday afternoon with a mixed bag of precipitation. A wind advisory is posted for much of North Texas from 3pm Thursday through noon on Friday. Strong winds are expected to affect all of the region, with gusts to 50 miles an hour possible at times.…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Winter weather is taking aim at North through Central Texas on Thursday, bringing a mixed bag of precipitation and strong winds to the region. A wind advisory is posted for much of North Texas from 3 pm Thursday through noon on Friday. Winds gusting to 50 miles an hour will be…… MORE
Hardin County, TN (WBAP/KLIF) – File this under, “You’ve got to be kidding!” A couple in Hardin, Tennessee is facing 15 years in prison after being indicted on charges related to allegedly forced-feeding batteries to a child under the age of 8. LocalMemphis.com reports that the child’s 21-year old mother, Kristina Thompson and Lucas Todd,…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a last minute plea deal, a longtime State Fair of Texas performer was sentenced to 10-years probation for a sexual assault of a child charge he had been indicted on in 2014. For years, 59-year old Robert Liner performed in the the fair’s Spirit of the Horse Show demonstrating his horsemanship.…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A judge has revoked a former North Texas minister’s probation and ordered him to serve 10 years in prison over a 2008 sexual assault conviction involving a teenage parishioner. James Virtue Robinson IV was re-sentenced Wednesday in Fort Worth. A judge determined the 42-year-old Robinson, who in 2008 was sentenced…… MORE
UPDATE 5:15 PM: University of Texas posts this tweet in response to attention given case, in part, via response to online petitions: The University of Texas at Dallas Statement from University of Texas at Dallas President Richard C. Benson: “There is nothing more important at UT Dallas than the safety and security of our students.…… MORE
GARLAND – WBAP/KLIF – The Garland Police Department has announced extra police patrols looking for drivers who are intoxicated will begin Friday, December 21rst, and run through Saturday, January 5th of next year. Funding for the extra patrols comes from TX-DOT. Police ask drivers who suspect another driver of being intoxicated to call 9-1-1 for…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The civil trial against former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent and the bar that he was at the night of a deadly drunk driving crash is set to go to the jury today. On Tuesday, the mother of Jerry Brown Jr. testified that she wants to make sure no mother ever has to…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The head of PricewaterhouseCoopers-U.S. has written an op-ed, inspired by the high-profile Dallas police shooting of former Pricewaterhouse-Dallas employee, Botham Jean. In the Dallas Morning News piece, Chairman and CEO Tim Ryan refers to Botham as ‘Bo’ and says that his death has re-awakened his awareness to the issue of unconscious bias–specifically…… MORE
The Arlington Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an armed robbery suspect targeting cell phone stores. According to a press release, the lone robber wears a bandana covering his face, but is believed to be a Hispanic man, 5 foot 3 inches tall, and 200 pounds. He is suspected in five Arlington robberies…… MORE
