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It’s a Toy Drive in Sherin Mathews’ Honor for Some Needy Kids in Fort Worth

It’s a Toy Drive in Sherin Mathews’ Honor for Some Needy Kids in Fort Worth

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Carrollton woman continues her efforts to honor Sherin Mathews, the 2-year old year Richardson girl who was killed by her father in 2017. In the name of a Facebook page created in Sherin’s honor two years ago, founder Shanna Poteet has launched a ‘Sherin’s Toy Drive‘ for some impoverished kids…MORE

An ‘Active Shooter’ Call Ended Peacefully in Far North Dallas

An ‘Active Shooter’ Call Ended Peacefully in Far North Dallas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police officers responded to an ‘active-shooter-on-foot’ call in far North Dallas last night. Undercover police arrived first to the 18700 block of Lina street around 9:30 to find a woman firing a weapon. Uniformed Dallas police officers arrived shortly afterward and gave loud verbal commands. Police say the suspect responded by…MORE

Parkland Hospital Police Officer Charged With Rape

Parkland Hospital Police Officer Charged With Rape

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Parkland Hospital police officer has been arrested on several felony charges including sexual assault, according to the Dallas Morning News. Police were called late Saturday to the hospital where they say 28-year old Keivon Gamble had been in an altercation with a woman in the parking lot.   The woman who was…MORE

EPA Ends Safety Rules Put In Place After Deadly Texas Blast

EPA Ends Safety Rules Put In Place After Deadly Texas Blast

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Trump administration is scaling back chemical plant safety measures that were put in place after a Texas fertilizer plant explosion in 2013 that killed 15 people. The changes announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency include ending a requirement that plants provide members of the public information about chemical risks…MORE

NFL’s Top Defense and Offense Clash When Patriots Host the Cowboys

NFL’s Top Defense and Offense Clash When Patriots Host the Cowboys

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — As a young football fan growing up in California, it didn’t take Tom Brady long to dislike the Dallas Cowboys. “I’ve really not liked the Cowboys since coming out of the womb as a Niner fan,” Brady joked this week. “They’ve got a lot of great players in their history. Guys…MORE