DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has suspended assistant district attorney Leah Lucius without pay after she was arrested on suspicion of drunken-driving charge early Saturday morning. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Lucius allegedly crashed into a tree and fence near the 1600 block of Breezewood Drive. The responding officers said they smelled…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County has been designated as a Purple Heart County. The Purple Heart Award is available to soldiers who are wounded or killed in combat. Collin County recognizes a high number of residents who’ve been given the Purple Heart Award. DFW Mid-cities Chapter 1513 of ‘The Military Order of the Purple Heart’…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Law enforcement agencies have condemned some recent remarks made by Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. At last week’s meeting, commissioners voted on a resolution to make July 7th a day to honor all fallen officers. Price voted no and said there is a framed narrative regarding people who have lost their…… MORE
(CNN) — A wounded officer’s lawsuit filed in federal court in Louisiana alleges Black Lives Matter and several of its leaders are responsible for last year’s ambush on law enforcement in Baton Rouge. The July 17, 2016, attack by gunman Gavin Long claimed the lives of two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy and wounded…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas City Manager, T.C. Broadnax is responding to concerns from local police associations over panels being held this week during the hiring process for the Dallas Police Chief. Broadnax said the panelists will have no decision-making authority over the final candidate selection. ““I am working to make this process as transparent and inclusive as…… MORE
McKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) — There’s a new scam in Collin County residents need to be aware of. The Collin County Sheriff’s Office says there’s at least one person calling around and telling you that you missed a jury summons, owe the department money, and need to meet them at the sheriff’s office parking lot to…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF News) – The acting director of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has resigned. Ed Swedberg had been named director in May. Swedberg took the job as part of an effort to reform the agency earlier this year. TABC drew scrutiny from the Texas Legislature for its spending and travel. The Texas House Committee…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas Police have arrested a man believed to be involved in the killing of an employee of one of the largest LGBT congregations in the country. According to WFAA-TV, Robert Lee Covington was found inside his Oak Lawn townhome with his mouth and nose duct taped. Police believe he was suffocated. Yevin…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Interviews for the next Dallas Police Chief will begin this week. All seven finalists for the job are in town beginning Monday, when they’ll tour police facilities and become more familiar with the city. Interviews with police associations and city leaders will begin tomorrow, and sit-downs with City Manager TC Broadnax…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas city officials are asking one council member to pay back more than $8,100 of his salary because he allegedly missed too many meetings during the past year. The Dallas Morning News reports council member Philip Kingston is accused of having 11 unexcused absences out of 81 scheduled meetings. A City Charter…… MORE
