DALLAS (AP) – A Dallas businessman convicted of health care fraud using homeless people recruited as patients must serve more than 17 years in prison and repay Medicare $23 million. Wilbert James Veasey Jr. was sentenced Tuesday in Dallas. The 65-year-old Veasey was convicted last year of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and three…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Richardson police officer recently lent a helping hand to a family in need. A statement posted on the department’s Facebook page Tuesday detailed the adorable story. The department said Officer Sontz spotted several ducklings and their mother struggling with traffic as they tried to cross the road. After he helped them get across…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday branded claims that he colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election as an “appalling and detestable lie,” as Democrats blasted him for “stonewalling” to defend the Trump administration over the Russia probe and the firing of FBI Director James Comey. In a combative and emotional…… MORE
An escaped Ellis County inmate is in custody. According to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department, David Rowe was found around 2 p.m. Tuesday in a rural part of the county. “He was down in a creek line area in heavy, heavy brush under large trees,” Sgt. Joe Fitzgerald said. It’s believed Rowe spent the night…… MORE
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has closed its investigation into sexual assault allegations against former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin and have turned their findings over to the State’s Attorney’s Office in Broward County. Irving is accused of drugging and raping a 27-year-old woman in a Florida hotel but he said the…… MORE
Dallas Independent School District’s Food and Child Nutrition Service officially kicked off the Summer Meal Program Tuesday, to provide free meals to children and youth 18 years and younger at participating sites throughout Dallas. More than 200 Dallas ISD schools are offering students free breakfast and lunch over the summer. All families have to do is…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Plano Police Department is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting. It happened Monday around 4:25 p.m. at a Quick Trip near the intersection of Preston Road and Spring Creek Parkway. An officer was pumping gas when a car crashed into a pickup at a nearby pump. The woman who was driving jumped…… MORE
ELLIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A manhunt is underway for an inmate who has escaped from the Ellis County Jail Monday. Authorities are searching for 67-year-old David Weldon Rowe, who was being held for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, evading arrest and disorderly conduct. Investigators said Rowe was on a supervised work detail near Lone…… MORE
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush is celebrating his 93rd birthday with family on the Maine coast. Bush was planning a low-key celebration Monday with his wife, Barbara Bush, and other family members at their summer home in Kennebunkport. She turned 92 last week. The former president was hospitalized in the spring…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a 2018-2019 state budget worth around $217 billion, but vetoed about $120 million in planned expenditures. Squeezed by the oil price slump, the budget includes funding increases for the state’s beleaguered child welfare system and $800 million for border security. Abbott signed the budget…… MORE
