OVILLA (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Ovilla couple is facing kidnapping charges after a woman accused them of chaining her to a bed and forcing her to work for them as a slave. Ovilla Police Chief Brian Windham said officers were tipped off after the victim managed to get a hold of a tablet and reach out…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott has ordered a criminal investigation into allegations of the sexual assault of athletes at the Karolyi Ranch in Walker County. Karolyi Ranch was the National Training Center for USA Gymnastics for years. In the last few months, numerous athletes, including several Olympians, have accused former USA Gymnastics team…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump will pitch his controversial immigration plan during his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, a senior administration official tells CNN, hoping to use the unfiltered, high-profile speech to convince skeptical members of both parties that the proposal the White House rolled out Thursday is a compromise worthy…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is leaving his position ahead of a previously planned retirement this spring. McCabe has been a frequent target of criticism from President Donald Trump. The move is effective Monday. McCabe had already been planning to retire upon his eligibility in a matter of weeks. He will stay…… MORE
PLANO, Texas (AP) – Keurig is buying Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., creating a beverage giant with about $11 billion in annual sales. The companies, both the result of previous mergers, will bring under one tent global brands like Dr Pepper, 7UP, Snapple, A&W, Mott’s, Sunkist and Keurig’s single-serve coffee makers. Keurig Green Mountain Inc.…… MORE
Rockwall County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) A Rockwall County couple is behind bars on 1-million dollars bond each on charges that they allegedly purchased or sold a child for sex. . Steve Marks and his wife Lila Miller deny the charges. Marks’ parents, Davey and Dorthy Marks face charges of harboring a runaway in connection with the…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – A weekend apartment fire in Garland has resulted in the arrest of an arson suspect. According to a press release, 29-year-old Abdulsatar Abdulrahman was seen on surveillance video entering a unit at the Saturn Square Apartments around 10:30 am on Sunday. He was carrying two white bags, and a box inside. Moments…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO(WBAP/KILF)-Original cannons from the battle of the Alamo are back in San Antonio after an extensive cleaning. Texas A&M lab techs used electrolytic reduction to remove the layers of paint and corrosion that accumulated on the cannons over the last several years. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush says the improvements are just part…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The adoptive parents of the Richardson toddler found dead in a culvert last year have agreed to relinquish parental rights to their biological daughter. Wesley and Sini Mathews appeared in a Dallas juvenile court Friday morning and signed the paperwork, ending weeks of Child Protective Services hearings and delays. Attorney Mitch…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Oak Cliff woman died, along with a number of pet dogs in a duplex fire early today. Dallas fire crews are still on the scene where the one-alarm blazed gutted the home in Kessler Park. Firefighters pulled sevearal dead dogs out of the home. One man in the adjoining unit…… MORE
