Grapevine (WBAP/KLIF) – An early morning two-alarm fire at the Colonial Village Apartments in Grapevine resulted in two units being destroyed, and six others badly damaged. One person was treated on the scene with minor injuries. No serious injuries were reported. The blaze has displaced about 20 residents. The Red Cross-DFW is assisting with their…… MORE
Rockport, Arkansas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth woman remain jailed after allegedly shooting an Arkansas state trooper during a traffic stop Sunday night. Police say 49-year old Elsbeth Kittinger shot Trooper Kyler Sheldon after he asked her to step out of her Dodge pickup along US Highway 270 in South Arkansas. Sheldon’s injuries were not…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Dallas County Schools Superintendent, Rick Sorrells, has agreed to plead guilty in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme that spanned six years. DCS was shut down by voters in the November 2017 elections. The school bus agency had been mired in controversy that included safety and financial problems that caught the…… MORE
FORT WORTH, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch, better known as the “Affluenza Teen”, was released from jail Monday morning. Couch is finishing his two year sentence for violating the terms of his probation, related to the drunken driving crash in June of 2013 that killed four people. He was 16 at the time. Mothers…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Another house explosion in Dallas has put two people in the hospital. The explosion appears to be gas-related, though Dallas Fire-Rescue has not officially confirmed it. Atmos Energy sent crews to the home off Spring Avenue near Fair Park to shut off the gas and investigate after the home exploded around…… MORE
A FedEx driver was killed after the truck he was drove off I-45 and burst into flames early Saturday morning. Dallas Police say 30-year-old Quantico Smith was headed southbound around 2:45 a.m., when he ran into another vehicle on the highway and then lost control of the rig, careening off the I-45 overpass near Overton…… MORE
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Families of the victims of the Sutherland Springs Church shooting joined Senator John Cornyn Friday afternoon to celebrate recently passed legislation that seeks to improve background checks for people trying to buy guns. The “Fix NICS” Act was signed into law by President Trump last week. Cornyn said the bill…… MORE
THE COLONY (WBAP/KLIF News) — Fire departments from The Colony, Frisco, and Little Elm responded to a large fire at a boat storage warehouse on the east side of Lake Lewisville. According to The Colony Police, the fire erupted at 3:40 Friday morning. “There’s a whole line of RV’s and boats that have been on…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of the 12-year-old girl killed in a house explosion in Northwest Dallas last month is suing Atmos Energy. Linda Michelle Rogers was killed on February 23 in blast that the family argues was completely preventable. According to the lawsuit, several attempts to revive Linda failed and her parents held her…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been accused by a former American Airlines Center employee of racial discrimination and sweeping a “threat of violence against African Americans” under the rug. Michelle Newsome and her attorney spoke with WBAP Thursday morning, announcing that they have filed a request for a deposition against…… MORE
