ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth Police Officer has been arrested after being accused of sexual assault of a minor. The arrest happened in Arlington where police say 43-year-old David Brintnell was arrested for sexual assault of a child under 17 which is a second-degree felony. Bond was set at $50-thousand and he bonded out.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Fire Department has confirmed that a body has been found in the rubble of the Preston Place Condos, just two days after it was destroyed by a 7-alarm fire. The fire broke out around 11:30 p.m. Friday night at the condominium located on Northwest Highway and Preston Road. The blaze…… MORE
SEAGOVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) A Texas bald eagle was born on live streaming video while the world still waits for a giraffe in New York to do the same. One of two eggs laid in January hatched yesterday in a nest in Seagoville high up in an electrical tower. The John Bunker Sands Wetland Center installed the webcam…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A two-alarm fire at a Benbrook apartment complex left one person dead and another two injured. The fire broke out just after midnight at the St. Nicholas Place Apartments on Williams Road near just west of Benbrook Highway. The Benbrook Fire Department’s Chief Tommy Davis said two people had to jump out…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Governor Rick Perry has won confirmation as Secretary of Energy under President Trump. The US Senate confirmed Perry 62-37 Thursday. During his confirmation hearing, Perry said he regretted saying he would eliminate the department during his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. At the hearing, he said he…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed the U.S. government’s securities fraud lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, though the Republican still faces criminal charges of duping wealthy investors. But the ruling by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant on Thursday is a significant victory for Paxton, who is scheduled to stand trial…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A panel of portraits painted by former President George W. Bush are on display at the Bush Presidential Center and LIbrary in Dallas. The mural is also featured in his new book “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors.” Command Sergeant Major William Paul is one of those…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A new set of data from a Center of Disease Control survey allows North Texans to see health trends and risks where they live. Donald Schwarz is from the Robert Wood Foundation, which partnered with the CDC, and says Dallas performs well in a few areas. “Fewer people binge drink, and…… MORE
RENDON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Tarrant County woman is accused of voting in the 2016 presidential election, despite being on parole. Crystal Mason of Rendon is on supervised release for a conviction of conspiracy to defraud the government in 2011. Prosecutors said she and her then husband, Sanford Taylor Hobbs III, inflated their clients tax refunds at…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Rangers have launched an investigation into the Baylor University sexual assault allegations within the university’s football program. The Rangers opened the investigation after being asked to look into the matter by a group of state lawmakers. Students have reported multiple sexual assaults over the past several years and several lawsuits have…… MORE
