TEMPLE, Texas (AP) – Authorities in Central Texas have charged a man with criminal negligent homicide after a 4-year-old girl was killed and her father seriously injured when they were run over by a houseboat. Forty-four-year-old Jason Bernal of Killeen was held over the weekend at the Bell County jail before posting bail and being…… MORE
Bedford (WBAP/KLIF News) – Some citizens of Bedford have voiced their concerns after they were told by police last week they have “nothing to worry about” after a 14-year-old was found dead in a nearby landfill. Kaytlynn Cargill’s body was found in an Arlington landfill last Thursday. She vanished while walking her dog near The Oak Creek Apartments…… MORE
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) – A Central Texas court official who imposed a whopping $4 billion bond on a murder suspect is drawing fresh scrutiny after she declined to recuse herself and oversaw a court hearing involving her son. Bell County Attorney Jim Nichols tells the Temple Daily Telegram that Justice of the Peace Claudia Brown…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The attorney for a man who was assaulted in a Target parking lot in Uptown in January said his client is suing the retailer for not preventing the ambush. Attorney Chris Hamilton also said that particular location, on North Haskell Avenue near Lemmon, has a three-year history of violent crimes that the…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Tarrant County prosecutors filed a motion on Tuesday to have the so-called “affluenza mom” Tonya Couch’s bond revoked after an alleged alcohol violation last week. Tonya Couch is the mother of Ethan Couch, the 20-year-old who killed four people in a drunk-driving crash in 2013 and was sentenced to probation. During…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police arrested a suspect in a sexual assault that occurred in Deep Ellum near the Baylor University Medical Center DART station. The assault had both residents and patrons of the popular restaurants and bars in the area on edge. A woman called 911 and reported that she was sexually assaulted by a…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man trying to shoplift some DVD’s from a Fort Worth Wal-Mart was caught in the act by none other than…Batman. Fort Worth Police Officer Damon Cole is known nationwide for dressing up as superheroes to show children that the police are the good guys. The kids at the store on Saturday saw…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – George P. Bush is seeking re-election as Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to continue running a little-known but powerful agency in a state where his political-dynasty family has been prominent for decades. Bush unveiled a campaign website early Monday, and was emailing supporters. His grandfather, President George H.W. Bush, was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are searching for a man they believe stabbed and killed a man and injured his ex-boyfriend at a popular Dallas apartment complex. Investigators said on June 16, 2017 just before 5 a.m., officers responded to two separate calls from The Bend in the Village Apartments on Amesbury Drive near Lovers…… MORE
(CNN) — Otto Warmbier, the college student who returned to the United States last week after 17 months of detention in North Korea, died Monday afternoon, his family said in a statement. “It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto…… MORE
