El Paso (AP) – Top Defense Department officials have toured sections of the U.S.-Mexico border to see how the military could reinforce efforts to block drug smuggling and other illegal activity. The Pentagon is weighing the diversion of billions of dollars for President Donald Trump’s border wall. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, accompanied by the…… MORE
Texas Amber Alert Seeks 3 Children In Interstate Manhunt
– SEALY – WBAP/KLIF – Police in Sealy have issued an Amber Alert for three children believed in danger, and believed in a 2002 maroon Volvo S60, with Conneticut license plate 417-YTY/ Waterbury, Connecticut for 7-year-old Maddison McGrath, 5-year-old Dylan McGrath, and 2-year-old Maryah Matthew. A white woman and black man are believed driving the…… MORE
Boeing 767 With 3 Aboard Crashes into Trinity Bay
UPDATE 6:33 PM – Officials say no survivors are likely. Search for black box now underway with dive teams. Witnesses report hearing sounds like lightening just before they saw the big plane nose dive into the waters that run from zero to five feet deep. Debris field estimated 3/4 of a mile long. Investigation underway…… MORE
Five Officers Injured & Two Residents Killed in Houston Drug Raid
HOUSTON (AP) – The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is revising its policy on the use of no-knock raids following a drug raid on a home that turned into a deadly shootout in which two residents were killed and five undercover officers injured. A sheriff’s spokesman, Jason Spencer, told the Houston Chronicle on Friday that any…… MORE
Soldiers and Families at Fort Hood Military Base Allegedly Reporting Disgraceful Housing, Including Mold & Lead Paint
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – Soldiers and their spouses have told Army leaders at Fort Hood of disgraceful housing at the Central Texas post that includes mold and lead paint along with other problems. Families living at the post detailed their frustrations with housing during a meeting Thursday that the Austin American-Statesman reports came about…… MORE
Records show who paid for Governor Abbott’s inauguration
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s inauguration celebration for his second term was funded with nearly $5 million donated by his biggest political contributors, and a number of major corporations. Records released by Abbott’s Inauguration Committee show AT&T and grocery chain HEB were among the companies that donated $100,000 or more toward the January…… MORE
Florida man accused of defrauding Tarrant County school district
Big Pine Key, Florida (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida man for allegedly scamming a Tarrant County school district out of nearly $2 million. 61 year old Donald Conkright was indicted on two counts of wire fraud. Florida authorities say he sent a phony email account update to a manager for…… MORE
3 Year Old Fort Worth Girl Reported Shot in the Head
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – A three year old girl is reported fighting for her life, in critical condition at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth. Reports indicate the child was shot inside a home on Clinton Street Friday night, and that 2 year old twins also at that residence were removed by the state…… MORE
Murder Suspect Back in Dallas County Following Arrest at Border
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A woman wanted for the murder of a Dallas man is in local custody after being captured trying to cross back into Texas from Mexico. Forty-four year-old Antonia De La Fuente was caught during a secondary inspection at the Gateway Bridge in Brownsville. She’s suspected in the July 2017 shooting of 50-year-old Eric…… MORE
McKinney Police Call for Public to Help Solve Business Window Shootouts.
MCKINNEY – WBAP/KLIF – McKinney Police are asking for the public’s help after 30 businesses suffer shot out windows since January. The latest happened Thursday night, as employees and patrons of the family-owned gym “Lockout Industries” were inside. This time, the shooting was captured on videotape, with the shooter inside a car driving by as…… MORE
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