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Benbrook resident sentenced for racist killing

Benbrook resident sentenced for racist killing

Benbrook (WBAP/KLIF) – A jury Friday sentenced 39 year old Kevin Parnell to 46 years in prison for killing the roommate of his stepdaughter’s ex-boyfriend on Labor Day, 2017. Parnell reportedly blamed Sammie Jones’ roommate for his stepdaughter’s prostitution arrest. He went to Jones’ home looking for that ex-boyfriend, but when told he wasn’t there…MORE

Dallas Police looking for missing person

Dallas Police looking for missing person

The Dallas Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Critical Missing Person Alexis Tapia.  On February 15, 2019, at about 5:30 p.m., Alexis was last seen walking in the 3700 block of Mt. Rainer Street.  Alexis may be a danger to himself.   Alexis is described as a 17 year old White male, 5’05” in height…MORE

House Fire In Tyler Kills Three

House Fire In Tyler Kills Three

Updated: 2/10/19 @7p.m. TYLER, Texas (AP) – Fire officials say a third person has died of injuries from a house fire in Texas. The Tyler Fire Department in East Texas said Sunday in a statement that a 60-year-old woman died at a Dallas hospital. A 40-year-old man and a child died Saturday of injuries from…MORE

Snyder, Texas police officer shoots, kills suspicious person

Snyder, Texas police officer shoots, kills suspicious person

Snyder (WBAP/KLIF) A police officer in the town of Snyder, Texas some 70 miles northwest of Abilene shot and killed a man during a confrontation. Snyder’s police chief says officer Whitney Merket was responding to a report of a suspicious person when she got into an altercation with the suspect. It grew heated, and Merket…MORE

The Border Patrol saves five immigrants from drowning in the Rio Grande

The Border Patrol saves five immigrants from drowning in the Rio Grande

Eagle Pass (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued five immigrants from Honduras who nearly drowned while trying to illegally enter the U.S. by wading across the river that separates Mexico from Texas. It happened Friday morning in the Rio Grande, between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico. Some of the rescued Hondurans were…MORE