DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department is asking the public to help catch the suspects in an early-morning crime spree on Thursday. Investigators released photos of two Hispanic men in a grey Chevrolet Malibu they believe are responsible for an aggravated robbery and a murder. Major Jimmy Vaughan said the murder victim, Brent Randall,…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Plano Police Department said they believe an arson fire at the Villas of Preston Creek Apartments on Preston Road Monday may have been an attempt to cover up child abuse. Investigators said the mother, Santhiya Lakshmigari, allegedly set that fire that killed her and left her five-year-old son in critical condition. Authorities said…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington police officer is in serious condition and a suspect is dead after a traffic stop spiraled out of control Wednesday night. It happened around 11:30 p.m. on Spring Lake Drive just south of I-30 near Fielder Road. Lieutenant Chris Cook said an officer called for backup after discovering that…… MORE
NEW HOPE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The mayor of a tiny North Texas town is the state’s first openly transgender elected official. Mayor Jeff Herbst of New Town, near McKinney in Collin County, wrote an open letter to citizens about his new identity, Jess, and posted it on the city’s website Monday night. Herbst said he always knew he was…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – A City of Fort Worth panel has declined to investigate the leakage of a police officer’s bodycam video. Officer William Martin’s attorney, Terry Daffron, told the panel that her client does not trust the Fort Worth Police Department after the video and his personnel file were made public and pleaded with them…… MORE