UPDATED: 6/24/19 Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A week to the day after the shootout between a masked gunman and federal agents outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, police responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle near the building this morning. Several hours later, police issued an ‘all clear. Several streets downtown were…… MORE
Capital Murder Trial of Wesley Mathews Begins Today
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Nearly two years after the body of a 3-year Richardson girl was found in a culvert, the capital murder trial of her adoptive father begins today. Wesley Mathews first reported daughter Sherin Mathews missing on October 7 2017, about 3 weeks before her body was found. He changed his story about about…… MORE
North Texas Probation Officer Fabricated Records, Police Say
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a North Texas probation officer fabricated records and sought to revoke the probation of a pregnant woman whose child the officer wanted to adopt. An investigation by Texas Rangers determined 38-year-old Lakisha Nicole McKnight sought to benefit from revoking the woman’s probation and denying her parental rights upon…… MORE
Former spouse dies during confrontation with his ex-wife
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington Police are investigating the death of a man who apparently was killed Saturday afternoon during a confrontation with his ex-wife. Officers found his body in a parking lot on Cooper Street a little north of I-20. His ex-wife told them he had confronted her there, and jumped on the hood of…… MORE
American Red Cross Launches Eye-Catching Donate Campaign
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – That’s not a light bulb that needs changing on a corporate sign looking a bit odd to the eye. It’s much more likely to be a corporate or tourism group allowing certain blood type letters to be left out of or not lit at night in order to bring attention to…… MORE
Two Homicide Arrests in the Dallas Violent Crime Wave
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police say they’ve arrested a 40 year old man and charged him with felony capital murder in the shooting deaths of a man and woman at the Coronado Apartments on Grand Avenue Thursday. 40 year old Leo Ted Pintor, charged in the “homicidal violence” crime resulting in the deaths of…… MORE
Three Areas In Texas Not Meeting Federal Air Quality Standards
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Department of Transportation is promoting its “Drive Clean Texas Campaign, with the expectation of more drivers on the road during the Summer months. According to TxDot, three areas in the state -Dallas / Fort Worth, Houston / Galveston, and El Paso are not meeting federal air quality standards. Additionally,…… MORE
A Philadelphia Law Firm Hit With Sanctions Over Documents in Baylor Assault Cases
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in Texas has sanctioned a Philadelphia-based law firm for knowingly violating court orders and ignoring a subpoena to produce documents relevant to lawsuits filed by 15 women against Baylor University. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Friday that the law firm Pepper Hamilton must pay some of the…… MORE
Kidnapping suspect leads Dallas Police on early morning, high speed chase
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police were involved in a chase with a domestic violence/kidnapping suspect early Saturday morning. About 1:30 am officers attempted to stop a vehicle that witnesses told them had kidnapped a woman on the edge of Old East Dallas. The driver of that vehicle drove off at high speed. The victim managed…… MORE
$10 Mega Adoption Event Next Weekend in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – More than 500 pets will be available for adoption next Saturday and Sunday at Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Coliseum for a $10 adoption fee. Fort Worth Animal Control and the Humane Society of North Texas are teaming up in an effort to find homes for dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, reptiles…… MORE
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