Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – TCU administrators shut down The Beta Theta chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity yesterday after repeated incidents of drug dealing, raging parties and hazing. Yesterday’s dismissal came after university administrators discussed the situation with the fraternity’s national office. An email released by the Phi Kappa Sigma President Clayton Reis stated that…… MORE
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Watauga Man Arrested Over Voicemail Threatening to Behead At Muslims Apologizes
Watauga (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Watauga man arrested over a voicemail threatening to behead Muslims at a local mosque has apologized. Authorities traced the threatening to call left for the Watauga Masjid Center to 36-year-old James Nicholas Smithey. Smithey allegedly left the voicemail earlier this month and threatened to behead members of the mosque. He…… MORE
Fort Worth Police Arrest Eight in Sexual Predator Sting
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Police Department arrested eight men in a sexual predator sting operation. The men thought they were chatting with a 13-year-old but is was actually an undercover officer. The detectives with the Fort Worth’s Crimes Against Children Unit used various online sites to catch the predators over a three-day period last…… MORE
Frisco Teen Dies After Texas A&M Frat Party
College Station (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police have identified 19-year-old Anton Gridnev of Frisco as the student who was found dead Saturday morning during an all-night party at the Sigma Nu Fraternity house at Texas A&M in College Station. Someone called the police after Gridnev was found unresponsive and not breathing during the party. Police found illegal drugs…… MORE
Colleyville Man Accused of Running a Ponzi Scheme
Colleyville (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Colleyville businessman is in federal custody on accusations that he ran an oil and gas Ponzi scheme. Investigators said 77-year-old James Vanblaricum allegedly bilked 53 investors of more than $2.6 million. U.S Postal inspectors arrested him on a charge of mail fraud last week. Federal agents began investigating Vanblaricum after they were contacted by…… MORE
AAA Wants Drivers to Pay Attention as Students Return to School
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – AAA is urging both adult and teen drivers to pay attention when driving near school zones. AAA spokesperson Doug Shupe said drivers need to pay particularly close attention before and after school; which are prime times for accidents. He said over one third of child pedestrian fatalities happen near 3 p.m.…… MORE
The Dispute Between Senator Royce West and Dallas Cowboys’ Dez Bryant Heats Up
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The dispute between Senator Royce West and Dallas Cowboy Wide Receiver Dez Bryant is getting uglier. West sued Bryant in June for $60 thousand in damages to his Desoto rental property. Bryant counter sued in July, claiming West made money off of his celebrity. West asked the Dallas County District Attorney this…… MORE
The Paschal High School and Texas Christian University Community Remember A Fallen Athlete
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gathered on Paschal High School’s football field Thursday evening to remember 18-year-old Drew Medford. Medford died after he lost control of his car and hit a concrete barrier on the Chilsom Trail Parkway near the Interstate-20 exit early Thursday morning. Medford had signed to play…… MORE
The University of North Texas at Frisco Fights Crime with Cyber Security Lab
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF News) – The University of North Texas at Frisco is helping authorities fight crime with a new cyber security lab. The $350 thousand lab will help alleviate the pressure from other North Texas cyber security labs; which currently have a nine-month back log of work. The lab’s director Scott Belshaw said that cell phones…… MORE
Health Concerns for Dallas Red Cross Volunteers in Baton Rouge
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A dozen Dallas Red Cross Volunteers are in Baton Rouge cleaning up after the flood are facing health hazards of their own. Anita Foster of The American Red Cross said floods are one of the worst natural disasters because they wreak havoc and, once the water has receded, they leave numerous health…… MORE
