DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — One of the seven sailors killed on an American Navy ship over the weekend was from Texas. Twenty-six-year-old Noe Hernandez was on the destroyer USS Fitzgerald when it crashed with a Philippine-flagged merchant ship off the coast of Japan. The collision left seven Americans dead — Hernandez, two from California, one…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The man shot and killed by a Plano police officer Monday was not supposed to be in the state. According to WFAA-TV, Eleuterio Amaya-Torres was an illegal alien who had been deported twice. Along with being deported in 2002 and 2007, the 63-year-old had been convicted of two DWI’s. Torres allegedly…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Russian attempt to influence last November’s Presidential election found its way to North Texas. The department of homeland security provided a list of 600 possibly suspicious IP addresses to look out for ahead of the election. Dallas County election officials say they found 17 of those 600 attempting to access…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Steve Scalise, a congressional staffer and members of the congressional police force were shot Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, in what sources are calling an apparent “deliberate attack.” President Donald Trump said the gunman had been killed. Federal law enforcement sources identified the shooter as James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois.…… MORE
LONDON (AP) – London’s Fire Brigade says that a structural engineer and urban search and rescue crews have assessed the stability of the burning tower block in west London and believe it is not in danger of collapsing. The brigade says “it is safe for our crews to be in there.” It added the cause…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A double shooting outside a North Dallas Wal-Mart left one person dead and another injured Wednesday morning. Dallas Police say it began around 1:00 am when after four men met at a neighboring Sam’s Club parking lot near 635 and Midway Road. According to police, a fight eventually broke out, leading…… MORE
COMMERCE (WBAP/KLIF News) — An external investigation has cleared the Commerce Police Chief of any wrongdoing following accusations of wrongfully detaining a former pageant winner and calling her a racial slur. The City of Commerce has dropped charges against Carmen Ponder, Miss Black Texas 2016, who was arrested outside a Wal-Mart after getting into an…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — Testimony began Tuesday morning in the appeal of a Ft. Worth Police officer suspended for using excessive force. Officer William Martin was responding to a call about someone littering in a person’s yard and a disturbance. Craig then called 911, saying the neighbor grabbed her son and choked him. A…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas City Council will officially have four new members. Mail-in ballots from the weekend’s runoff elections have been counted, making it now official that Mayor Pro Tem Monica Alonzo, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Erik Wilson, and councilwoman Tiffani Young will no longer be on the council. They’ll be replaced by…… MORE
ROWLETT (WBAP/KLIF News) — Runners will be taking the streets of Rowlett tomorrow morning to continue raising money for tornado victims. The second annual “Rebuild Rowlett 5K” takes place Saturday morning at 8:05 with the goal in mind of raising $10,000 to help those displaced by the deadly 2015 storms. The group Rowlett Strong says…… MORE
