Houston (AP) – Houston-area voters have marked the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by approving the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds that will fund critical flood-control projects. With nearly all precincts reporting, about 85 percent of voters approved the referendum on Saturday. The measure will fund projects that may include buyouts of homes…… MORE
Senator John McCain Passes Away at the Age of 81
WESTWOOD ONE – (WBAP/KLIF) – Called an American hero by many citizens, Senator John McCain passed away at 4:28 pm, with his wife and family at his side, after a long battle with a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. The naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-beaten presidential…… MORE
Wildfire Central Texas; Horseshoe Bay Airport – Buildings Threatened
HORSESHOE BAY – (WBAP/KLIF) – UPDATE 7 PM; At least 150 homes near the Horseshoe Bay Airport now evacuated; voluntary evacuations are called for residents of the Highlands, Uplands and HorseShoe Bay South neighborhoods. Fire still pegged at 400 acres and 10% contained. Voluntary evacuations have been called for anyone in the path of a…… MORE
Deadly TRE – Semi Crash in East Fort Worth
FORT WORTH – (WBAP/KLIF) – Two people are confirmed dead; of 11 taken to area hospitals by Medstar bus, Medstar’s Matt Zavadsky reports 2 in critical condition, 3 in serious, and 6 with minor injuries not life-threatening. Zavadsky says 30 other non injured passengers were taken by Medstar Ambulance bus to a nearby retail business…… MORE
Teacher’s aide sentenced to 60 years for sexually assaulting an 11 year old boy
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Mesquite teacher’s aide has been sentenced to 60 years in prison without the possibility of parole for repeatedly raping an 11 year old boy. It took a jury less than half an hour to convict Jessica-Jewel Benton on Thursday. It sentenced her Friday. She confessed to numerous sexual encounters with…… MORE
Sheriff’s deputy arrested for child rape
Cleburne (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy has been arrested for the rape of a 13 year old girl, 23 year old Toby Allison was arrested Friday, and immediately fired. He was booked into the Johnson County Jail, but has since been released after posting a $100,000 bond.… MORE
Suspect Wanted for Aggravated Sexual Assault
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at about noon, an adult female was walking to the dumpster at her apartment complex in the 4300 block of Wyoming Street when she walked by the suspect, who was standing next to the suspect vehicle, and exchanged pleasantries. Moments later, as the female passed the suspect again…… MORE
Dallas Police Seek Bolt-Cutting Storage Burglars
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police want your help identifying a couple of storage burglary suspects who used bolt cutters to steal property from several units at a couple of different facilities. Police say the pair used a stolen U Haul truck with Arizona plates to break into a Security Self Storage in the 33-hundred…… MORE
Denton Police Arrest 9 People in Major Drug Bust
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Denton Police arrested 9 people for selling crack cocaine, meth, marijuana, and K2. Bryan Cose with the Denton Police department says this was a months-long investigation. He says a lot of work goes into an operation of this magnitude. “It feels really good to know we were able to put a number of people…… MORE
Dallas-based Organization Sends off Hundreds of Doctors to Treat People in Guatemala
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas based organization, Esperanza is helping doctors and volunteers to go on a medical mission trip to Guatemala. Director of the Esperanza project, Michelle Holaender said over 110 medical professionals will be performing eye surgeries, repairing cleft palates, and installing environmentally friendly stoves to the villagers. This Saturday the Esperanza Project will…… MORE
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