Yearly Archives: 2017

Online Petitions Ask Dallas to Keep Gaston Avenue Name, Rename Malcom X Boulevard

Online Petitions Ask Dallas to Keep Gaston Avenue Name, Rename Malcom X Boulevard

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas citizens who are against renaming streets with Confederate ties are making their voices heard online. As of Thursday morning, more than 800 people have signed a petition asking the city and Councilman Mark Clayton not to change the name of Gaston Avenue. A historical commission told the mayor’s Confederate task…MORE

New Arrests in March Case of Murdered Woman Found in Trinity River

New Arrests in March Case of Murdered Woman Found in Trinity River

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials have made three arrests in connection with a March murder case where a body was found in the Trinity River. Kevin Kidd (28), Emmanuel Kilpatrick (31), and Jermon Simmons (35) all sit in jail with a capital murder charge for the death of 31-year-old Liza Saenz. She was found shot to…MORE

Convicted Child Predator Accidentally Spends Night as Free Man

TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A convicted child sexual predator accidentally became a free man Tuesday night after a mix-up between authorities in neighboring counties. Last month in Johnson County, Shaun James was sentenced to more than ten years in prison on multiple counts of sexual assault with a child. Earlier this week, he was…MORE

Man Accused of Brutal Rape at Lake Highlands Apartment

Man Accused of Brutal Rape at Lake Highlands Apartment

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Police have arrested a man they say brutally raped a Lake Highlands woman over the course of several hours overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday. Police were called to an apartment complex in the 9900 block of Whitehurst drive (near I-635 and Skillman) around 11:40 am Wednesday after a neighbor found the 67-year-old…MORE

Richardson Man Found Guilty of Murdering Girlfriend, Hiding Her Body

Richardson Man Found Guilty of Murdering Girlfriend, Hiding Her Body

COLLIN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Richardson man accused of killing his girlfriend and hiding her body was found guilty of murder Wednesday afternoon. 28-year-old Jason Lowe testified on Monday that in May of 2016, he and his live-in girlfriend, Jessie Bardwell, took the mind-altering drug GHB and were having sex in the shower when she fell and hit her…MORE