Yearly Archives: 2016

No problems at conflicting demonstrations

WBAP/KLIF – An armed anti-Muslim protest demonstration went off Saturday in Dallas with no reports of any problems. Advance word of the planned protest at a Nation of Islam Mosque on Martin Luther King Boulevard spurred a counter protest, and that got Dallas Police out in force as the two sides confronted each other. In…MORE

Constable shot

WBAP/KLIF – A Smith County constable was shot Saturday night in the town of Tyler, apparently by his wife. Tyler Police say Henry Jackson was arguing with his wife when the shooting occurred. He is hospitalized with what are not believed to be life-threatening injuries. His wife has been arrested. The Jackson’s 5 year old…MORE

Standoff ends peacefully

WBAP/KLIF – An hours-long standoff between Dallas Police and a shoplifting suspect came to a peaceful end late Saturday night when the suspect surrendered. He had barricaded himself inside a room at the Lamplighter Motel on I-30 near Buckner Boulevard, after attacking a deputy who tried to arrest him for shoplifting at a nearby Walmart.…MORE

Search for missing teen suspended

WBAP/KLIF – The search for a Mansfield teenager who’s missing in the Gulf of Mexico has been suspended by the Coast Guard. 16 year old Carlos Perez disappeared while on a school trip from Mansfield’s Lake Ridge High School. He was last seen Friday morning, swimming in rough surf with a group of other students…MORE

Rowlett Police ask for help

WBAP/KLIF – Rowlett Police are asking the public to help identify the person who shot a jogger in the throat with a pellet gun. ROWLETT POLICE STATEMENT – At approximately 6:42 p.m. on Thursday 03/31/2016, a Rockwall woman was jogging westbound on the 2 mile bridge between Rockwall and Rowlett. When she came to the…MORE