Yearly Archives: 2018

Dallas Police Sgt. Charged With Felony Injury to a Child

Dallas Police Sgt. Charged With Felony Injury to a Child

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas Police officer has been arrested for injuring a child. The department said Sergeant Jamie McDonald was arrested by the Royse City Police Department late Saturday, and remains in Rockwall County Jail now on a felony charge. According to the Royse City Police Department, officers received a call from David Grantham,…MORE

Texas stores selling cannabis extract cannabidiol popping up

Texas stores selling cannabis extract cannabidiol popping up

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some stores around Texas have begun selling the cannabis extract known as CBD, despite the lack of any state law specifically legalizing the sale. The Austin American-Statesman reports the sale of products containing CBD, or cannabidiol, is occurring in a legal grey area. Law enforcement officials, prosecutors and pro-cannabis activists disagreeing among themselves…MORE

Saturday’s rain had Plano’s sewers overflowing again

Saturday’s rain had Plano’s sewers overflowing again

Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – Saturday’s intense rain caused another sanitary sewer overflow in Plano. 100,000 gallons of raw sewage came bubbling up through a manhole in the area of the Glen Eagle Golf Course, and flowed into White Rock Creek. Just a few days earlier the same sewer spilled 160,000 gallons into White Rock Creek. Once…MORE

Rockwall Company Nearing Finish Line to Improve Water Supply in Liberia

Rockwall Company Nearing Finish Line to Improve Water Supply in Liberia

ROCKWALL (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas non-profit working to improve the water supply in the African nation of Liberia is nearing its end goal. Dr. Todd Phillips is founder and president of The Last Well based in Rockwall. “We, over the last nine years, have built a staff and contractors and teams in Liberia to…MORE

EF-0 Tornado Hits Waxahachie High School

EF-0 Tornado Hits Waxahachie High School

UPDATED: 10/15/18 5:45AM WAXAHACHIE – (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Weather Service has confirmed a high-end EF-0 tornado touched down at Waxahachie’s new high school on Saturday afternoon. There was widespread damage at the brand new campus, including several shattered windows, and a bay door blown off. Several students were inside the school when the tornado…MORE