DALLAS(WBAP/KLIF)- Police in California have arrested a man who D.P.D detectives believe is responsible for the disappearance and murder of a Dallas woman. Brandon Sampson was arrested Friday and is being held in connection with the murder of Jacquenline Hughes, whose body was found in garage in January. When Sampson was arrested, police also located…… MORE
ENNIS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Firefighters responded to the scene of an apparent explosion at the U.S. Polyco plant in Ennis on Friday evening. Authorities say a large boom was heard around 6:30 pm after a “pop-off valve” blew off an asphalt tan. No injuries or evacuations are reported at this time. Workers in that area…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House has released a GOP-authored memo on the Russia probe. President Trump declassified the document Friday morning. The memo is based on classified information and alleges the FBI abused U.S. government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference. Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah says President Donald Trump cleared the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two men are in critical condition after a car crashed into the back of a delivery truck in Downtown Dallas this morning. A delivery worker was pinned against the back of the truck just after midnight outside the 7-11 off elm and Akard. Both he and the driver of the other car…… MORE
(AP) Hunstville, Texas – A former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone has been put to death in Texas. John David Battaglia received lethal injection Thursday night for the May 2001 killings of his 9-year-old daughter, Faith, and her 6-year-old sister, Liberty. Battaglia and…… MORE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WBAP/KLIF News) – It’s been 15 years since the seven NASA astronauts were killed aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The crew was returning home after a 16-day research mission when the shuttle began to break apart as it reentered Earth’s atmosphere. Investigators learned that shuttle’s left wing was damaged during launch when foam…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A committee tasked with deciding the fate of a Confederate statue that sits in front of the Denton County Courthouse has decided it should stay. The committed voted 12 – 3 Thursday afternoon in favor of keeping it but with added language denouncing slavery as well as additional educational tools about racial…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A woman is dead after being hit by an 18-wheeler early this morning. The Dallas Police are still investigating exactly what happened, but witnesses say the woman stumbled and fell off the Skillman bridge over 635 WB. Our Scott Sidway reported from the scene that witness accounts of the incident are plausible…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Several North Texas Congressmen were among the passengers on an Amtrak train headed to a GOP retreat that hit a garbage truck in Greenbriar, West Virginia Wednesday morning Authorities said one person in the truck was killed. An aid confirms House Speaker Paul Ryan was on the train in addition…… MORE
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – Mesquite Police have arrested two men in a string of recent aggravated robberies of Whataburger and Jack in the Box restaurants across North Texas. Eraycio Clark (21) of Dallas and Devundre Ghoston (20) of Mesquite have been charged with three counts of aggravated robbery as of right now. Since December 28, 2017,…… MORE
