DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department is asking the public to help catch the suspects in an early-morning crime spree on Thursday. Investigators released photos of two Hispanic men in a grey Chevrolet Malibu they believe are responsible for an aggravated robbery and a murder. Major Jimmy Vaughan said the murder victim, Brent Randall,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP & KLIF NEWS) — Dallas Police is asking for the public’s help in finding two suspects believed to be connected to a handful of bank robberies dating back to mid-December. Deputy Chief Thomas Castro says seven of the robberies have been in the Dallas area, one was in Arkansas, and that the suspects…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP & KLIF News) — Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars, were available for the public to ride today in Arlington. The company Alliance for Transportation Innovation brought a driver-less bus called “Easy Mile 10” to a parking lot at the Arlington Convention Center for the public to test-ride between 9:00 Thursday morning and 1:00…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Plano Police Department said they believe an arson fire at the Villas of Preston Creek Apartments on Preston Road Monday may have been an attempt to cover up child abuse. Investigators said the mother, Santhiya Lakshmigari, allegedly set that fire that killed her and left her five-year-old son in critical condition. Authorities said…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington police officer is in serious condition and a suspect is dead after a traffic stop spiraled out of control Wednesday night. It happened around 11:30 p.m. on Spring Lake Drive just south of I-30 near Fielder Road. Lieutenant Chris Cook said an officer called for backup after discovering that…… MORE
NEW HOPE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The mayor of a tiny North Texas town is the state’s first openly transgender elected official. Mayor Jeff Herbst of New Town, near McKinney in Collin County, wrote an open letter to citizens about his new identity, Jess, and posted it on the city’s website Monday night. Herbst said he always knew he was…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP & KLIF News) — With the calendar turned to February, more flu cases could be inundating North Texas. According to Dallas County Health and Human Services, the flu spreads during the end of January and beginning of February more than any other time of the year. “People are back in school from holidays,…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A City of Fort Worth panel has declined to investigate the leakage of a police officer’s bodycam video. Officer William Martin’s attorney, Terry Daffron, told the panel that her client does not trust the Fort Worth Police Department after the video and his personnel file were made public and pleaded with them…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police said they’ve arrested the second suspect in a brutal attack on a local theater director in Uptown earlier this month. Zantrell Sauls was taken into custody Monday afternoon and charged with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony. Investigators said he and a juvenile accomplice allegedly beat Derek Whitener with a wooden…… MORE
DALLAS – Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Dallas Monday night to protest President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The executive order bars people from seven Muslim countries from entering the United States for the 120 days. Numerous people were detained at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport over the weekend, sparking large protests in the international terminal. The…… MORE
