GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a 21-year-old Texas woman lied about the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter and that she and her partner were responsible for the girl’s death before dumping her body in a bayou. A criminal complaint filed by Texas Rangers says Tiaundra Christon and 32-year-old Kenny Hewett were staying at a…… MORE
Two Young Girls Found In Deplorable Conditions, And Unable to Speak
CEDAR PARK, Texas (AP) – Police have arrested the mother of two girls, one 6 and the other 5, who were found in “deplorable” conditions at a Central Texas home and unable to speak. Authorities say the girls were only able to make unintelligible sounds when they were found in May underweight, wearing soiled clothing…… MORE
The City Of New Orleans Is Planning to Remove Over a Dozen Traffic Cameras
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans mayor is planning to remove 20 traffic enforcement cameras across the city. Local media report Mayor LaToya Cantrell made the announcement Thursday while revealing her proposed 2019 budget to the City Council. The cameras to be taken down are outside of school zones. There are still about 80…… MORE
A Special Needs Student Left Alone On A School Bus For Hours
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A North Texas bus driver and bus attendant have resigned after they overlooked a 5-year-old special needs student who sat strapped in his bus seat for five hours. Fort Worth school district spokesman Clint Bond says the bus stopped at an elementary school on Oct. 15 where the attendant should…… MORE
Millions of Texans have early voted
Austin (AP) – More than 4.3 million Texans have cast early ballots for Tuesday’s election in the state’s 30 largest counties alone. That’s within striking distance of the total number of ballots cast statewide during the last midterm elections in 2014. Secretary of State data through Thursday includes counties that are home to nearly 80…… MORE
Border wall contract awarded in Texas
McAllen (AP) – Federal authorities have awarded a $145 million contract to a Texas company to build six miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said Friday that SLSCO will begin construction of an 18-foot reinforced concrete levee wall in February in the agency’s McAllen…… MORE
Caravan Migrants File Suit Against President Trump and Others
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. WASHINGTON D C – (WBAP/KLIF) – Six of the Central American migrants in a varying group of several thousand walking to the United States in hopes of filing asylum claims have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and their children against President Trump,…… MORE
New Business in Flower Mound Will Bring over 600 jobs
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – A new business is coming to Flower Mound bringing 650 new jobs. Thirty One Gifts is known for personalizing gifts such as bags , accessories and decorations. CEO Cindy Monroe said they’re opening a 651,000 square foot national distribution center in Denton County. “We’re really excited because we feel like Flower Mound is such a good…… MORE
Dallas and Louisiana Police Work together to find Suspect Related to Multiple Sexual Assaults
Dallas Deputy Chief Thomas Castro says the sexual assaults that happened near the Galleria and Lake Highlands may be related to two other assaults in Bossier City, Louisiana. “This man knocks on doors, solicits you to work, displays a weapon, forces himself in and sexually assaults the women,” Castro said. The man is about 16-19…… MORE
Carroll ISD School Board Heard Parents Concerns Over Racist Video Posted on Social Media by Students
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Parents in Southlake voiced their concerns at a special Carroll ISD board meeting Friday over how it handled a racist video involving a handful of students. The video was posted on social media last weekend and showed a group of girls chanting the N-word repeatedly. Celia McEelvey’s child attends school in the…… MORE
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