KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A couple from Kaufman is facing charges of torturing a 13-year-old boy with special needs as punishment. Christi Howell, 40, and her boyfriend, Casey Shackleford, 45, held the teen down, poured water over a towel on his face, and bound his genitals, according to police. Court papers said it happened after…… MORE
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Fort Worth ISD Weighs Pay Changes
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hundreds of employees in the Fort Worth School District are asking for a change in the way they are paid. A petition with more than 1,800 signatures has been handed over to school trustees. It asks that administrators shift the current monthly payday. Workers are only paid once a month, but in…… MORE
North Texas Transit Systems to Receive Federal Funds – Maybe
DALLAS-FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Obama’s new budget could benefit the Metroplex. The spending plan announced this week includes $49 million for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Red and Blue Line Platform Extensions Project. “It would let us lengthen the platforms from about 300 feet to 400 feet,” said Morgan Lyons, a spokesman for…… MORE
Fort Worth Man Accused of Trying to Have Sex with Minor
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A police sting operation landed a man from Fort Worth in jail. John Wenzel, 24, is charged with online solicitation of a minor, which is a third-degree felony. He is accused of exchanging texts with undercover officer who he thought was a teenage girl, according to police. When Wenzel showed…… MORE
Fort Worth Teacher on Leave After Alleged Relationship with Student
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teacher at a school for boys in Fort Worth is accused of having an improper relationship with one of her students. Alina Leung, 29, is on administrative leave from Paul Laurence Dunbar Young Men’s Leadership Academy where she taught 6th and 7th grades. Prosecutors allege she had sex with a…… MORE
NASA Accused of Censoring Religious Group
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Christian group in Houston has filed a complaint against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over a reference to Jesus. A club at Johnson Space Center wanted to include the phrase “Jesus is our life” in an announcement in the center’s newsletter. It appeared in the May 28, 2015 edition…… MORE
UPDATE: Missing Woman Found in Oklahoma
UPDATE (6:45 a.m.) – Annamarie Doyle has been found after checking into a hotel in Oklahoma. She is safe, and police say her family is going to get her. The Silver Alert has been cancelled. Previous coverage: PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in Plano have issued a Silver Alert for a 75-year-old woman. Annamarie Doyle…… MORE
Third Case of Zika Virus Confirmed in Dallas Co.
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A third person in Dallas County has tested positive for the Zika Virus. The infected person had recently returned from a trip to Honduras, according to the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department. “This was the result of a mosquito bite while the person was traveling in an area where the virus…… MORE
Judiciary Committee to Take Up Mental Health Bill
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) will be pushing for mental health reform in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. “Our jails and our streets have become places where people suffering from mental illness, basically, are left without treatment and without recourse,” said Sen. Cornyn. “Our goal in the hearing is to…… MORE
Prisoner Transport Van Involved in Crash
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A van carrying nearly a dozen inmates was involved in a crash in Fort Worth on Tuesday. It happened around 1:30 p.m. at I-35W and Meacham. “We received notification that the van was struck by a vehicle as it was exiting,” said Terry Grisham, an executive administrator with the Tarrant…… MORE
