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AMBER ALERT for two girls out of McKinney

AMBER ALERT for two girls out of McKinney

McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An Amber Alert was issued by McKinney police for two girls who are believed “to be in grave or immediate danger.” Police are looking for 9-year-old Jessica Burns and 6-year-old Jennifer Burns. Jessica is 4 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 90 pounds and has blonde hair with blue eyes. She was…MORE

Legendary Singer David Crosby has Died

Legendary Singer David Crosby has Died

(AP) – David Crosby has died at 81. Several media outlets, including the New York Times, say the musician died Wednesday. The brash rock musician evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young. His death was announced Thursday…MORE

Legendary Singer David Crosby has Died

Legendary Singer David Crosby has Died

(AP) – David Crosby has died at 81. Several media outlets, including the New York Times, say the musician died Wednesday. The brash rock musician evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young. His death was announced Thursday…MORE

EPA Demolishes Contaminated Site in Dallas

EPA Demolishes Contaminated Site in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began the demolition of an old electroplating facility in South Dallas on Thursday. The Lane Plating Superfund Site is located at 5322 Bonnie View Road. Lane Plating Works, Inc., is a former electroplating facility that operated for more than 90 years. The facility conducted hard chromium and…MORE

Body of Missing Collin County Woman Found in Grand Prairie

Body of Missing Collin County Woman Found in Grand Prairie

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the body found Wednesday night on Prairie Oak Blvd in Grand Prairie is that of 33-year-old Kayla Kelley. Kelley was reported missing January 11 out of Collin County. 32-year-old Ocastor Ferguson was arrested as a person of interest in Kelley’s disappearance.…MORE

Alec Baldwin to be Charged With Manslaughter in Set Shooting

Alec Baldwin to be Charged With Manslaughter in Set Shooting

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico movie set. Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being shot during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of…MORE

Strengthening the Texas Power Grid Could Mean New Rate Hikes for Customers

Strengthening the Texas Power Grid Could Mean New Rate Hikes for Customers

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Public Utility Commission of Texas today is expected to adopt a plan that will ultimately raise electricity rates for consumers, with hopes that it will spur the building of new gas-powered power plants. The proposed “performance credit mechanism” would pay power companies that produce electricity to be available when there’s an…MORE

Body Found in Grand Prairie Amid Search for Missing Collin County Woman

Body Found in Grand Prairie Amid Search for Missing Collin County Woman

GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Collin County Sheriff’s Office said it found a body in a Grand Prairie neighborhood Wednesday night. The development comes amid the ongoing search for 33-year-old Kayla Kelley of McKinney, who vanished January 11. Investigators said the female body was found in a wooded area near Prairie Oak Boulevard…MORE

Lawyer for Ex-Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean File Motion for New Trial

Lawyer for Ex-Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean File Motion for New Trial

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A motion for a new trial was filed this week for Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer convicted last month in the shooting death of Atatiana Jfferson over three years ago,. The motion does not provide details on grounds for a new trial. it simply state, “The defendant in…MORE

Texas Legislator Aims to End State’s “Confederate Heroes Day”

Texas Legislator Aims to End State’s “Confederate Heroes Day”

(WBAP/KLIF) — One Texas legislator is pushing to abolish a state holiday. Democrat Representative Jarvis Johnson introduced a bill into 88th Legislative Session to end “Confederate Heroes Day” as a Texas holiday. Johnson says the holiday ironically falls near Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Representative from Houston says celebrating the holiday is sending the…MORE