LAS VEGAS (AP) – A prosecutor in Las Vegas says a 57-year-old man jailed after police found the severed head and body parts of an acquaintance in the truck he was driving has prior felony and federal criminal convictions dating to the 1980s in states including California, Texas and Nevada. Eric Holland appeared in court…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Denton city has closed all libraries and recreation centers due to a spike in COVID-19. The city has seen the largest increase in Coronavirus infections among city employees since the pandemic began. The city’s human resources director indicates that 73 staffers have been infected with the virus over the last 10 days (December…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — One Forth Worth hospital is feeling the stress of the latest pandemic surge. A new spike of COVID-19 has DFW hospitals concerned about the number of patients and a potential shortage of staff. Nurse Charlsea Prichard at Texas Health Harris Hospital says following vaccine availability and a decline in cases this summer, they…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Fort Worth oil tycoon and philanthropist William “Tex” Moncrief is dead at the age of 101. Moncrief, who died Wednesday, was best known for his philanthropy through the William A. and Elizabeth B. Moncrief Foundation, which contributed to educational, health and civic organizations. Moncrief’s statue is on the campus of the University of…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of helping lure teenage girls to be sexually abused by the late Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict announced Wednesday capped a monthlong trial featuring accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14. Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell…… MORE