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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Takes Life of Recently Tattooed North Texas Man

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Takes Life of Recently Tattooed North Texas Man

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A North Texas man has lost his life after flesh-eating bacteria entered a recently-inked tattoo when he went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Nicholas Hendron is an internal medicine resident at the Parkland Health & Hospital System — he said those who have fresh tattoos or any recent wound…MORE

Security Upgrades Added to Dallas Emergency Siren System

Security Upgrades Added to Dallas Emergency Siren System

DALLAS (AP) – Officials in Dallas say they’ve completed security upgrades to the city’s outdoor sirens that will prevent the kind of “malicious activation” that caused the emergency system to blare across the city in April. Authorities said in a statement Monday that the city’s more than 150 sirens now have “constant encrypted communication.” They…MORE

Judge: Mother of Texas Teen Killed by Police May Join Suit

Judge: Mother of Texas Teen Killed by Police May Join Suit

U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn ruled Monday that Shaunkeyia Stephens may join the lawsuit filed by Odell Edwards on behalf of the estate of Jordan Edwards. The lawsuit alleges that the Balch Springs Police Department and city officials improperly trained the officer who shot the boy and should have noticed a pattern of escalating encounters…MORE

DPD Investigating Possible Hoax Following Lockdown

DPD Investigating Possible Hoax Following Lockdown

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A bomb squad was sent to the Dallas Police Department after a suspicious package was found Monday. Employees were asked to move to one side of the building until notified otherwise and citizens inside the building were asked to leave. Assistant Police Chief Randy Blankenbaker said a mail courier saw a suspicious looking…MORE

Multiple People Dead Following Orlando Shooting

Multiple People Dead Following Orlando Shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The FBI is joining the investigation into a multiple shooting in an industrial park in the Orlando area. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings was expected to give a briefing Monday about what happened at the warehouse in an industrial area of east Orlando. The sheriff’s office says there are multiple fatalities.…MORE

Body of Missing Teen Found in Lake Lavon

Body of Missing Teen Found in Lake Lavon

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News)  LAKE LAVON – The body of the teen who went missing after jumping off the top of a party barge has been recovered. Emergency dispatch received a call around 3 p.m. Sunday, saying a member of a church youth group had not resurfaced after jumping into the water near Clear Creek Park just south of…MORE

No Legislation Passed to Help Lower Texas’ Infant Mortality Rate

No Legislation Passed to Help Lower Texas’ Infant Mortality Rate

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Lawmakers in Texas largely failed to take significant action to address the state’s skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the U.S., but the developed world. Legislators introduced proposals to address the issue after a University of Maryland-led study found…MORE

Part of I-20 Shutdown After Teen Killed by Vehicle

Part of I-20 Shutdown After Teen Killed by Vehicle

 Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teenager is dead after being hit while trying to cross Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie. According to Grand Prairie police four kids were attempting to scurry across the road between Texas 360 and Great Southwest Parkway when one of them was hit around 5:30 a.m. Friday. He was pronounced dead at the…MORE

City Manager Says Hiring Dallas Police Chief is Top Priority

City Manager Says Hiring Dallas Police Chief is Top Priority

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The new Dallas City Manager says finding a new police chief is one of his top priorities. T.C Broadnax says the city is about a month or so away from getting a new full-time chief, with the goal being mid-to-late July. Chief David Brown will have been out of the position…MORE

Ted Cruz agrees President Trump should exit the Paris deal

Ted Cruz agrees President Trump should exit the Paris deal

DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ted Cruz is one of the lawmakers urging President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. The Texas Senator was a guest on WBAP’s “Chris Salcedo Show” and said “I think it’s exactly what he should do, it is what I have been urging President Trump to do for…MORE