RENDON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Tarrant County woman is accused of voting in the 2016 presidential election, despite being on parole. Crystal Mason of Rendon is on supervised release for a conviction of conspiracy to defraud the government in 2011. Prosecutors said she and her then husband, Sanford Taylor Hobbs III, inflated their clients tax refunds at…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth School District unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night that declared its campuses a safe and welcoming space for students regardless of their immigration status. The district’s Ashley Paz said she wanted to put the resolution on the agenda because of the growing fear of deportation among students and parents,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Choir is raising money to sing at National Police Week in Washington D. C. in May. The choir used their voices to comfort the families of five of their fallen brothers, who were killed by a sniper in downtown Dallas on July 7th, 2016. Detective Lucy Barnett told WFAA…… MORE
DENTON COUNTY(WBAP/KLIF News) – The Northeast Police Department in Denton County issued a warning to local teenagers about the growing theft of the city’s Whataburger restaurants’ orange plastic order numbers. Investigators said the thefts are part of an underground game that has recently become popular among area teens and a nuisance for their officers. About…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – State Senator Don Huffines issued an apology Monday night for his behavior during a heated exchange with parents, educators and students at the Texas PTA Rally Day in Austin. The conversation got tense as Huffines sparred with the crowd about student vouchers and complaints about money being diverted from public…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Garland police officer is recovering in the hospital after a suspected drunk driver allegedly hit his squad car over the weekend. Investigators said the officer’s car was hit in the rear while blocking traffic for a car-fire accident at West Campbell Road near the George Bush turnpike around 12:30 a.m.…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic” while also cherishing his work in “One False Move” and other low-budget movies and in the HBO series “Big Love,” has died from complications due to surgery. He was 61. A family…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The House will consider a bill that could lead to the dismantling of Dallas County Schools. It’s the first of two proposals expected in the legislature that could shut down the agency, which serves as the bus contractor for numerous school districts in Dallas County including Cedar Hill, Irving and Weatherford. State…… MORE
TUSCON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The FBI office in Dallas announced that the robbery suspect dubbed the “Barrel-Chested Bandit” wanted for hold ups in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado was arrested on Tuesday. Investigators said Anthony James Lane was taken into custody in Tucson, Arizona. Lane is accused of robbing 11 banks in five states…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas Independent School District teacher has been charged with making terroristic threats after police said he allegedly sent threatening emails to school staff. DISD police said Omar Alanis, a world history teacher at Seagoville High School, allegedly admitted to investigators that he sent the emails from his work email to school staff…… MORE
