Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Health Department confirms a fourth person has died of the flu. The latest victim has been identified only as a 34 year old Dallas County resident. The county does not release the names of those who die of influenza, but it is describing the overall situation as “an early…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot has ordered Justice of the Peace courts throughout the county to clear their backlogs of old, un-pursuable cases. The J.P. courts are now in the process of wiping out hundreds of thousands of cases of unpaid traffic tickets, and payment for hot checks. Some of those…… MORE
CARROLLTON- WBAP/KLIF – Carrollton Police confirm the death of a 12 year old boy today, struck by a vehicle as he walked with his mother and a younger relative on a South Josey Lane sidewalk this afternoon. Police spokeswoman Jolene DeVito says the driver who struck the child is cooperating, and told arriving police he…… MORE
THE COLONY (WBAP/KLIF)- Detectives in The Colony arrested a 19-year-old man who they say confessed to killing his sister. Eduardo Arvelo was arrested and charged with capital murder. Police say he could face additional charges as the investigation continues. 23-year-old Viridiana Arevalo was reported missing from the family’s home on December 17th, her body was found Sunday in an…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arlington Police Department is working two commercial burglaries where investigators believe the suspect targeted fine jewelry stores. According to Police, on Saturday, December 7, the suspect attempted to burglarize Robbins Brothers located in the 100 block of E. I.H. 20 Service Road. The suspect turned the power off to the business and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Department of Public Safety is coordinating with several North Texas law enforcement agencies to increase patrols during holiday travel. Lonny Haschel with DPS says the increase will start December 23rd and end January 1st to help reduce traffic fatalities this holiday. “There are a lot more people on the roadways, estimates say…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – There has been a new development in the search for a missing Arlington teenager. The Arlington Police Department said 19-year-old Evan DeShaun Lacey’s Dodge Magnum was found Saturday by Fort Worth Police in the 4200 block of South Hughes Avenue under “suspicious circumstances.” Lacey was last seen December 17th by his parents…… MORE
Virginia (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid the busy holiday travel season, a massive crash involving over 60 vehicles tied up a Virginia interstate for hours. The accident happened Sunday morning on Interstate 64 in York County and for a time shut down traffic in both directions, Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya said in a statement. The…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An off-duty Dallas police office is hospitalized in critical condition after an apparent street racing accident Sunday afternoon. Police Chief Renee Hall says the accident happened around 1:43 p.m. on East Mockingbird near White Rock Lake. Officers are also looking for another car, a white Suzuki that may have been involved in…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston police say one woman was killed and another was injured after they were attacked by three pit bulls. Just before 6 a.m. on Saturday, police were called to a north Houston neighborhood, where they found a woman who had been bitten multiple times. She was taken to a hospital and was…… MORE
