DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas lawmakers are pushing for clemency in an execution scheduled for later this month. 15 years after the death of her 2-year-old daughter in Harlingen, Melissa Lucio is on the death row. She’s scheduled to be put to death on April 27. Prosecutors said Lucio abused the girl, but witnesses contend it…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. The move comes after a meeting Friday of the academy’s board of governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions. The…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announces the arrest on March 28th of a Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Felon in Medford, Oregon. James Mark Bishop was arrested on charges of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child and Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact, alleged to have occurred in Texas. Paxton’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, Dallas Park and Recreation Board President Arun Agarwal, Dallas Zoo and Dallas Park and Recreation Department are teaming up to help Ukrainian zoos affected by the Russian invasion. Agarwal set up a fundraising page on GoFundMe after he recently spoke to Martin Zordan, CEO of World Association of…… MORE
COLLEYVILLE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Congregation Beth Israel synagogue will hold its first prayer service onsite tonight since the terrifying hostage situation that rocked the community. On January 15th, British national Malik Akram walked in with a gun and held four people hostage for over ten hours demanding that a Pakistani woman held in…… MORE