AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ highest criminal appeals court has put on hold an execution that was scheduled for this week. Juan Segundo was set to be executed Wednesday for the rape and slaying of 11-year-old Vanessa Villa. He was arrested nearly 19 years after the 1986 crime when a DNA match tied him to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police said they responded to Veridian Place Apartments on Haverwood Lane about 4:30 Sunday morning. According to police, 16 year old Jakiyah Wrightsil was found in an apartment with a gunshot wound. Police said witnesses told them there was a party somewhere in the complex and several people left before…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) -Amazon will start hiring for more than 3000 full-time, part-time and seasonal roles for its customer fulfillment centers and delivery facilities in the greater Dallas Fort Worth area. From 9 a.m. to 7p.m. you can walk in the door of the Amazon fulfillment center in Ccoppell for a hiring event. The company…… MORE
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) – A former North Texas pain management doctor accused of prescribing painkillers that contributed to the deaths of at least seven people in two states has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution charges. 57 year old Howard Diamond pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and other…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger flashed a “Hook ‘Em Horns” sign to the Cotton Bowl crowds after his third rushing touchdown, and soon after that threw a second scoring pass. A year after briefly putting the Longhorns ahead late in their Red River rivalry game against Oklahoma, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger had…… MORE