Dallas (WBAP-KLIF) – Dallas police have made an arrest in the Thursday evening murder of a 56 year old man who was gunned down in the Cedar Crest neighborhood of south Dallas. 21 year old Deaaron Wheaton was identified as the probable shooter through surveillance photos. He’s in the Dallas County Jail charged with murder.…… MORE
TORNILLO, Texas (AP) – The nonprofit running what once was the largest U.S. detention camp housing migrant teenagers says the last children have left the facility. The federal grantee that operated the tent city in Tornillo, Texas, said the center is shutting down beginning Friday. BCFS Health and Human Services’ says everything will be removed…… MORE
Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Texas congressman who resigned under pressure last year because of sexual harassment allegations against him has now quit his $160,000 a year lobbyist position for the Calhoun Port Authority. The Port Authority announced former Republican representative Blake Farenthold’s resignation with a terse statement that he had left “to pursue…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Houston authorities have arrested a suspect in the December 30 killing of a young girl who apparently was gunned down by mistake. 20 year old Eric Black, Jr. was arrested Saturday, and charged with capital murder early Sunday morning. Black reportedly told Houston detectives he was driving the car from which the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Transportation Security Administration says it’s been affected by a wave of sick calls as the government shutdown goes into its third week with no end in sight. According to the union that represents TSA employees two to three times as many workers as usual are calling in sick at DFW Airport.…… MORE