Parker County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A now former Amazon delivery driver who is accused a stealing a Parker County family’s dog out of their front yard on her route. The incident was captured on a neighbor’s doorbell camera. 22-year old Mycah Keyona Wade of Crowley, turned herself in July 16. The Parker County Sheriff’s Department…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas has been tapped to replace Dan Coats as national intelligence director. President Trump announced Coats’ departure as Aug. 15 in a tweet Sunday and thanked him for his service. I am pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas will be nominated by…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No cash? No problem. Austin, Texas, is launching a pilot program that will let fans digitally tip their favorite musicians. The Austin American-Statesman reports the city is providing 10 artists with a DipJar, a device that enables fans to tip musicians using a credit or debit card. The chosen artists will test the…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities are accusing a Texas woman of taking part in an undercooked scheme in which she claimed she was served raw hamburger meat at two different locations of a fast food chain. Cassandra Brooks, a former lieutenant with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has been charged with insurance fraud and faces…… MORE
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – An attorney for three Indian nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. says they have been forced to receive IV drips at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas as they approach their third week of a hunger strike. A court official says the U.S. Department of Justice filed…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his job next month, ending a two-year tenure marked by President Donald Trump’s clashes with intelligence officials. Trump tweeted Sunday that the nation’s top intelligence official would step aside on Aug. 15, and that he would nominate a Texas congressman, Republican John Ratcliffe, to…… MORE
DICKINSON, Texas (AP) – Crews are working to unclog tributaries and bayous snaking through a Houston-area city to reduce the risk of flooding nearly two years after more than 7,000 homes had water damage during Hurricane Harvey. The August 2017 storm dumped about 50 inches of rain in Dickinson, a city of nearly 20,000. The…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police have shot dead a man who they say fired a handgun he was waving in an intersection. The incident happened shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Texas 342 and Camp Wisdom Road in the city’s South Oak Cliff district. Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell says someone flagged…… MORE
IRVING – WBAP/KLIF – Irving police say the mother of a baby believed born inside the restroom of an Applebee’s Restaurant on North Belt Line Road Friday night could face several possible charges, including murder, if an autopsy determines the child was born alive before being left in a restroom garbage can. Irving Police are…… MORE
HONOLULU (AP) – Southwest Airlines is preparing to resume expansion of its service to Hawaii. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday that the carrier’s expansion plans were delayed due to a lack of available aircraft. The aircraft limitation was a result of a Federal Aviation Administration order in March to ground Boeing 737 Max planes following…… MORE
