DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Grand Prairie woman who was sentenced to eight years in prison for voter fraud said she believes she is being used as an example. According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Rosa Maria Ortega rejected a plea deal of two years probation from the Tarrant County District Attorney and decided…… MORE
WACO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two Waco-area high school students were arrested for allegedly plotting to poison an assistant principal. The Lorena Police Department said the girls’ alleged plan to poison the assistant principal at Lorena High School, just south of Waco, was foiled by a substitute teacher who overheard the girls discussing it. According to the Waco-Times Herald,…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington police arrested one of the suspects in the murder of a mother who was selling her jewelry to buy Christmas gits for her little girl. Mario Hernan Lopez Gamez was arrested in the Houston area and charged with capital murder in the death of April Vancleave. Vancleave was selling her jewelry…… MORE
ROWLETT (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Rowlett Police Department said two suspects were arrested after leading officers on a high-speed chase into Dallas that ended in a fiery crash early Friday morning. The department’s Detective Cruz Hernandez said a woman called police just after midnight and said her ex-boyfriend allegedly fired shots into her home. He said…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two construction workers were seriously injured after they were hit by a drunk driver Wednesday night. It happened around 11 p.m. on I-35 near Inwood Road. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department’s Melinda Urbina said the driver, Juan Faz Reyna, allegedly sped off after the crash. She said he didn’t get far because…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Mesquite man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing a deadly chain-reaction crash in East Dallas in 2014. Jarron Williams was driving a stolen car when he led police on a high-speed chase that ended with him crashing into a man’s car near Ferguson and Shiloh Roads. The victim, Stephen…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Farmers Branch family said the recent courtroom victory against a major contractor in the LBJ Express Tollway Project has given them hope. A Dallas County jury awarded the Rodriguez family of Farmers Branch $248, 723 in damages in their case against Trinity Infrastructure on Wednesday. Victoria Powell said she knows all too…… MORE
MANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Mansfield teacher’s aide was fired after calling a student “she-devil” on Snapchat. The photo shows the little girl sitting at a desk at Martha Reid Elementary School with the words printed on top of the image. The seven-year-old girl’s mother found out about it after a friend sent her a…… MORE
ALPINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Less than a week after authorities made an arrest in the murder of a Keller woman from West Texas, new details about Zuzu Verk’s last days have emerged. Verk, a Sul Ross University student, vanished October 12 and her remains were recently found in a shallow grave near Alpine. According to…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The audit of the body camera video from a Fort Worth police officer seen in a viral video found no evidence of racial bias. The Fort Worth Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit reviewed 142 videos recorded by Officer William Martin’s body camera in the six months preceding the December 21st…… MORE
