FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The number of homeless children in North Texas is rising and it’s having devastating effects on their education. Local advocates blame the lack of affordable housing, rising cost of food and underemployment for the spike. ACH Child and Family Services’ Kimberly Bushlow said it’s a lifestyle marred by an instability no…… MORE
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Alleged Attacker in Lake Highlands Stabbing Dies in House Fire
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities said the man accused in a stabbing in Lake Highlands was found dead in a house fire that he allegedly started. Police were called to the home on Gunnison Drive just west of Skillman Street in response to call about a stabbing during a dispute around 12:45 p.m on Wednesday. They called…… MORE
“Affluenza Dad” Avoids Jail Time for Impersonating a Cop
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The father of the so-called “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch was found guilty of impersonating a police officer in Tarrant County. Fred Couch will serve one year of probation. Couch was charged in 2014 after he told a North Richland Hills police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call that we…… MORE
North Texas School Districts Want State’s New Grading System Scrapped
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – School districts across Texas are calling on the state to ditch plans to give letter grades to campuses. Starting in 2018, Texas public schools and districts will be judged on an “A” through “F” scale based mainly on STAAR test results. Mesquite Independent School District Superintendent Dr. David Vroonland said he believes…… MORE
Authorities Searching for Fort Worth Man who Escaped from Galveston Jail
GALVESTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities from several agencies are looking for a Fort Worth man who escaped from a Galveston County Jail. Investigators believe that Dominic Potter may be headed this way. They said Potter escaped while taking out the trash from the jail kitchen Monday night. The next morning, officers spotted the A/C Supply business truck Potter…… MORE
Father of “Affluenza Teen” On Trial in Tarrant County
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The father of the so-called “affluenza teen” went on trial on Monday in Tarrant County. Prosecutors accuse Fred Couch of pretending to be a police officer in North Richland Hills in 2014. Couch, whose son Ethan killed four people in a drunk driving crash in Tarrant County in 2013, allegedly showed officers…… MORE
Thieves Hit Kidd Kraddick Studio, Steal Thousands of Dollars in Equipment
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Irving Police Department is looking for the thieves who stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment from the Kidd Kraddick Studio over the weekend. The total loss was estimated at around $70,000. Investigators said the thieves broke into the studio on East Las Colinas Boulevard near Mandalay Canal between 6 p.m.…… MORE
Burglary Suspect Shot After High-Speed Chase, Opening Fire on Officers
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A burglary suspect who led Lewisville Police on a high-speed chase that ended in Northeast Dallas is expected to survive after he was shot by a Dallas Police officer. It started just before midnight, when officers responded to a call at the Regal Buffet in Lewisville on I-35E. Officers spotted the suspects…… MORE
Hundreds of Texas A&M Students to Protest On-Campus Speech by White Supremacist
COLLEGE STATION (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hundreds of Texas A&M students will hold a silent protest this afternoon in response to an on-campus speech being given tonight by Richard Spencer, a white supremacist from Dallas. Spencer gained national attention when a video surfaced of him shouting “Hail Trump, Hail Our People” to an audience giving a…… MORE
The FBI Will Seize $5 Million in Life Insurance Money Linked to Colleyville Murder
COLLEYVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The FBI is pushing to seize $5 million in life insurance benefits from policies they say were fraudulently obtained for a woman who was murdered while cleaning a house in Colleyville in 2014. Investigators said she was killed by member of the Irish Travelers Fraud Ring, Gerard Gorman and his son Bernard,…… MORE
