Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An Amber Alert for a Mesquite toddler has been discontinued and the child has been found safe. The alert was issued for 2-year-old Amia Blanton around 4 a.m. Friday. She was last seen with her paternal grandmother Levita Gant. The Mesquite Police Department’s Brian Parrish said the child’s family was concerned because…… MORE
Richardson, TX, (WBAP/KLIF) – A Richardson squad car has been placed outside police headquarters as a memorial for police officer killed last night while responding to to a disturbance call. The officer has been identified as 37-year-old David Sherrard of Wiley. He was a 14-year-veteran of the force. Karen Yells, the mother of a first…… MORE
Update: 11:30am The Richardson police officer who was killed Wednesday night has been identified as 37-year-old David Sherrard of Wylie. Richardson Police Chief Jimmy Spivey said Sherrard was a 14-year veteran of the force. “I can tell you that Officer Sherrard is a brave, tenured police officer who died in the service of his community,”…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Almost 35 years ago, an 11-year-old girl vanished while taking out the trash from her family’s room at the Kensington Motel in Arlington. The next day, June 28,1983, Julie Fuller’s nude body was found in the 200 block of Handley Ederville Road in Fort Worth. Her killer has never been found. After decades…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth (WBA/KLIF) – Police in Hurst are attributing speed and weather conditions to a traffic fatality in the 900 block of westbound 121-183 overnight. A male driver was ejected from his Ford pick-up around 2 this morning and pronounced dead at the scene. No other passengers or drivers were involved. Meantime, crews continue scanning…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas’ top leader has called for a change in the way investigations into sexual misconduct complaints against elected officials are handled. Texas Governor Greg Abbott proposed Tuesday the idea of calling in the state’s lead law enforcement agency. Abbott wants the Texas Rangers to handle sexual misconduct complaints against lawmakers, or any elected official. As of…… MORE
Ellis County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Waxahachie man has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for sexually abusing girls younger than 12 years old. It only took an Ellis County jury 46 minutes to agree on sentencing for 57-year old Regino Salinas. Prosecutors say the victims told child advocates they were between 6 and…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House intelligence committee voted Monday to release a Democratic rebuttal to a GOP memo on the Russia investigation. The panel vote was unanimous to make the classified Democratic document public. It now goes to President Donald Trump for a five-day review, and he will decide whether or not to allow its…… MORE
(CNN Money) — It was the scariest day on Wall Street in years. Stocks went into free fall on Monday, and the Dow plunged almost 1,600 points — easily the biggest point decline in history during a trading day. Buyers charged back in and limited the damage, but at the closing bell the Dow was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – According to a statement released by the Dallas Police Department, an unsecured gate allowed a man to enter the central police station parking lot where he vandalized a dozen patrol cars. 58-year old Gregory Simpson was caught early Sunday morning in the central patrol parking lot on Chestnut Street where he reportedly…… MORE
