DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A suspect is in the hospital after he was shot by police following a high-speed chase in a stolen bait pickup truck. It started Monday around 2:00 a.m. in Deep Ellum and ended near Fair Park. Investigators said the suspect allegedly rammed the silver Chevy Silverado through a Fair Park gate…… MORE
(CNN) – An attempted missile launch by North Korea on Sunday failed, US and South Korean defense officials told CNN. The attempted launch occurred a day after the regime of Kim Jong Un showed off a bevy of new missiles and launchers at a large-scale military parade on its most important holiday. A South…… MORE
The Texas Supreme Court has denied a request from “Affluenza Teen” Ethan Couch to have his two year jail sentence invalidated. Couch killed four people during a drunk driving crash in 2013. During the trial a psychologist testified couch suffered from Affluenza and didn’t realize what he did was wrong. A judge sentenced him to…… MORE
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teacher’s assistant in the Birdville Independent School District is accused of grabbing a Walker Creek Elementary School student’s face during lunch on Tuesday. The North Richland Hills Police Department became aware of the situation when the 10-year-old’s father, Boyd Clewis, reported the incident. Clewis showed an officer a picture of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — One of the larger cities in Texas is trying to lure Dallas Police officers away from North Texas. The San Antonio Police Department has paid for billboards on major Dallas highways, including 75, I-35, and the Dallas North Tollway, touting things like a shorter academy training, competitive salaries, a $7,500 relocation…… MORE
DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Denton County detention officer was arrested on charges of insurance fraud and bribery. The Denton County Sheriff’s Department’s Orlando Hinojosa said Corey Hughes allegedly plotted with an undercover officer to have have his truck stolen after it had been damaged in a hail storm. Hinojosa said a deal was made…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Area Rapid Transit is firing back after the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board moved to back a proposal to strip funding from DART in order to save the failing pension system. DART’s Morgan Lyons warns the loss of $35-million a year would result in service cuts and make DART less…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said. The MOAB is also known as the “mother of all…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A martial arts instructor in McKinney has been accused of sexually assaulting two of his teenage students. Police said Timothy Lee Vidal, an instructor at Tiger Rock Martial Arts on Virginia Parkway, was arrested April 5 after one of his students claimed he took her to a Holiday Inn in Allen to have…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas City Council has passed a measure that would cite people caught with less than four ounces of marijuana, but they would not be arrested. Supporters say “cite and release” would free jail space for more violent offenses. Dallas police did not take an official position on the issue, but…… MORE
