Coppell – (WBAP/KLIF) – If you’ve been waiting for an important piece of mail in North Texas, you may greet as good news the re-opening of the U S Postal Service mail sorting facility in Coppell. It was closed last Tuesday when USPS says four gallons of mercury in an improperly mailed package spilled. Incoming…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas Police Department has changed its uniform policy to be more competitive in recruiting. Officers in Irving are no longer required to cover up their tattoos. Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey said that other departments in the metroplex have also changed tattoo policies. “If I’m a recruit with a tattoo…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI has fired a longtime agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after he sent text messages criticizing President Donald Trump to a colleague. Former agent Peter Strzok was removed from Mueller’s team a year ago after the text messages were discovered. The FBI had been reviewing…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) U.S. Marshalls and Arlington Police SWAT arrested a man who allegedly rammed an officer’s motorcycle during a traffic stop Saturday. The unidentified officer’s bodycam captured the ordeal. He’s heard telling the dispatcher what happened and said that he was able to jump out of the way. 27-year old Lonnie Johnson is charged…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An Uber driver located a 10-year old fort worth boy who went missing last night. Fort Worth police say Evan Banda had climbed out of a window of his home on Elk Creek Lane near West Risinger Road, with a backpack. After police circulated flyers about the missing child, the Uber…… MORE
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – At least 27 people have been rescued after 8 to 9 inches of rain caused flash flooding in the Nueces River at a park west of San Antonio. The Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office says on its social media that the 27 were rescued from high water Sunday at Chalk Bluff Park,…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Donors pouring money into the November midterm elections are putting cash into races in places they never have before to help Democrats. More than $1 billion raised so far nationally is helping finance battlegrounds that will likely decide control of Congress. But longshot Democratic candidates in historically invincible GOP districts are also…… MORE
Associated Press – WBAP/KLIF – If you’re looking for a job and are willing to move to the southern border area of the United States, the U S Customs and Border Protection Agency may have a position for you. The Trump Administration wants to add five thousand Border Patrol agents on the Southwest border. Starting…… MORE
Dallas police seek leads in the shooting death of a man behind the wheel of his car Saturday night. 36 year old Calvin Graves was found dead behind the wheel in the 200 block of Creek Cove Drive; struck several times. Witnesses say he drove from the site of the shooting and smashed into a…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – A 30-year-old South Texas man must serve life in federal prison for a child pornography case involving girls who said they were drugged and sexually assaulted. Matthew Joseph Lucio of Corpus Christi was sentenced Thursday. Lucio in April pleaded guilty to two counts each of online solicitation and production of…… MORE
