(AUSTIN)WBAP/KLIF- Five billion dollars in federal funding will be available in the next several weeks to help Texas homeowners rebuild after Hurricane Harvey. U.S. Senator John Cornyn says he is grateful for the disaster relief funding considering the high demand with hurricanes, wildfires and flooding affecting states all over the country. “We’re not going to…… MORE
Richardson(WBAP/KLIF)- The mother of a missing Richardson toddler who was found dead in October made her first appearance before a judge in Richardson. Bond is set at $250,000 on charges of child endangerment for Sini Matthews. She is accused leaving 3-year-old adopted daugther Sherin Matthews at their home alone, the night before Sherin disappeared on…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas media exec has announced a primary challenge to Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Bruce Jacobsen of North Richland Hills officially announced his intentions Thursday. Jacobsen bills himself as ‘Reagan conservative’. Many establishment Republicans are on board with Jacobsen an alternative to Cruz’s extreme views and style. Mr. Jacobsen vows to…… MORE
(Collin County) WBAP/KLIF – Four people were arrested Thursday in connection with the alleged murder-for-hire of a Princeton woman last month. 46-year old Kelli Underwood was found dead in her Park View Drive home on September 20th, with a gunshot wound to the head. Police say it’s a love-triangle case involving Underwood’s boss and the…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – The adopted mother of a Richardson toddler found dead last month is behind bars. The Richardson Police Department has arrested and charged Sini Mathews with Abandoning or Endangering a Child, a State Jail Felony. Police say Investigators determined Sini Mathews left 3-year-old Sherin Mathews alone while she and Wesley Mathews went to dinner…… MORE
(CNN) — A woman said Thursday that Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken groped her and kissed her without her consent in 2006 while she was on a USO Tour overseas. Leeann Tweeden is now a morning news anchor on TalkRadio 790 KABC in Los Angeles and posted her story in a lengthy post on the station’s…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – The NFL is using language about Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones that may be setting the stage for a lengthy legal battle. The league sent Jones’ attorney a letter yesterday, calling his actions in recent weeks “detrimental to the best interests of the league.” It’s the same language used in a clause in the…… MORE
FORT BEND COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – A driver whose truck has gone viral on social media after it was seen bearing an anti-Donald Trump message, is now being sought by authorities near Houston. The message depicts a middle finger, and says “‘F*** trump, and f*** you for voting for him”‘. Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls…… MORE
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS (AP) – A long line of hearses and limousines has traveled from the site of a public funeral for eight members of one family slain in a shooting at a small Texas church to a cemetery near where they were killed. A funeral service Wednesday for pregnant 36-year-old Crystal Holcombe, three of her…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Some of the oldest lawsuits in Texas have been settled, following a vote by the Dallas City Council. The lawsuits were filed in 1994 by first responders who said they were owed money from raises passed in a 1979 referendum. They said they were never paid. The case lingered for more than…… MORE
