DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Police confirms the body found in a Rowlett Landfill is Cedric Jackson, the missing 18 month old, who was subject to a state-wide amber alert. Major Vincent Weddington said they found the body shortly after 11am Thursday, Cedric was taken from his Aunt’s apartment on Wednesday. 27-year-old Sedrick Johnson is charged with…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – An inmate who was one of the “Texas 7” escaped prisoners blamed for the 2000 slaying of an Irving police officer faces execution this fall. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Randy Halprin is scheduled for execution Oct. 10. TDCJ spokesman Jeremy Desel, in an email Thursday to The Associated Press,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texas first responders are urging residents to be safe as we enter the dog days of summer and temperatures hover around 100 degrees. The Tarrant County ambulance service Medstar reports there’s been a sharp increase in heat-related calls since July. “48 patients…eight of those patients were in serious or critical condition…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – A tropical system that’s expected to make landfall as a hurricane is prompting officials along parts of the Gulf Coast to prepare for flooding. Parts of Louisiana have had a small dose of heavy rain and flooding already with flooded streets Wednesday in New Orleans. This, while forecasters warn of what would be Tropical Storm, or eventually,…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Two men were hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting overnight at Bucks Cabaret in Fort Worth. Northwest units responded to the adult entertainment club Meacham Blvd. around 3am and found the two victims in a parking lot. Fort Worth Police spokesman Joey Pollozani says that “it appears a disturbance in…… MORE