UPDATED: 7:31AM 5/26/21 Denton, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Denton Police officers are are administrative leave after an officer-involved-shooting overnight. Officers had responded to a domestic disturbance call. it happened at Pace’s Crossing Apartments around 2:30am. Denton Police Chief Frank Dixon told reporters this morning that the suspect was seen several times hold a gun while…… MORE
PARKER COUNTY, Texas — Officials say four people died following a two-vehicle crash in Parker County just after noon on Tuesday. Emergency crews responded to the deadly crash around 12:45 p.m. in the 2900 block of FM 51 North, near Springtown. Three people were declared dead at the crash scene, and a fourth person was…… MORE
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – A lawsuit has been dismissed surrounding the death of a Plano woman who was accidentally buried alive on a Maryland beach by a tractor in 2017. The Daily Times reports that attorneys representing Ocean City and the victim’s mother filed a joint motion Tuesday stipulating the dismissal with prejudice. It…… MORE
GRAPEVINE, TX – A suspect was identified in the case of the Uber driver who was attacked and stabbed last week by a passenger but the suspect died before he could be arrested. The suspect, Cesar Soto, was involved in an unrelated fatality crash in Weatherford this past Friday. Early last week, a Uber driver…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas lawmakers are inching closer to approving some $7-billion in ratepayer-backed bonds to address the financial fallout from February’s winter storm. The hefty figure is much higher that what utilities requested, according to the Texas Tribune, and higher than monies approved for Hurricanes Ike and Harvey combined. The proposed bills aim to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The alleged assault of a flight attendant on a Southwest Airlines flight has prompted a flight attendants union to demand change. “This past weekend, one of our Flight Attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss of two teeth,” wrote TWU Local 556 President, Lyn Montgomery in a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Police departments across Texas and the country are struggling to hire new recruits to patrol their streets. The nation-wide “defund the police” movement has put local communities at risk. Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata says the problem is every major city in the country is targeting a limited pool of applicants. After…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The man accused of a deadly crash that killed five illegal immigrants faces life in prison. A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a migrant smuggling run that ended in a deadly crash that killed five of his passengers. Jorge Luis Monsivais, Jr., of Eagle Pass faces life imprisonment for…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A bride-to-be and three-time kidney transplant survivor is one of the three victims in a tragic Denton County car accident. 31 year old Jordan Dodson was traveling in a Mercedes when the vehicle hit head on with a Ford Mustang along Highway 380. Dodson died at the scene, while two children, who were passengers…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A seven-hour stand-off with an armed fugitive ended after a SWAT team swarmed the building. Bedford police were called to a Shell convenience store and gas station after reports of a suspect who was armed and dangerous. Officers evacuated the building, but the suspect, 33 year old Malcom Baily, barricaded himself inside. After hours…… MORE
