Midlothian (WBAP/KLIF) – Two students at Midlothian High School have been arrested for filing false alarms shortly after the new school year began. Midlothian Police say they told faculty members on September 6 that they had seen someone with a handgun inside the school. The school was locked down for several hours, extra officers were…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Updated 10/06/2019 at 8PM: A message from Chief Hall regarding Joshua Brown’s Murder: Today at approximately 12 p.m., the Dallas County Medical Examiner confirmed the identity of Joshua Brown to the Dallas Police Department. Brown, a witness in the Amber Guyger trial was shot and killed Friday, Oct. 4 in the 4600 block of Cedar Springs…… MORE
Carrollton (WBAP/KLIF) – Carrollton Police shot and killed a man Saturday night while checking on his welfare. They were called to a Racetrac service station to check a man with a gun who was slumped over in a parked vehicle. At first they had no luck getting his attention, then as officers were trying to…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for the parts of Texas most affected by Tropical Storm Imelda in mid-September. That makes federal funding available in 6 counties along the Gulf Coast centered on the Houston area. Governor Greg Abbott requested the declaration October 1. President Trump signed it Friday.… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A Jewish death row inmate who was part of the “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners, and faced execution in less than a week has won a reprieve after claiming the former judge at his trial was anti-semitic. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Friday granted a stay of execution for Randy…… MORE
Detroit (WBAP/KLIF) – A United Auto Workers union Vice President in Detroit says negotiators are making progress on a new contract that could end the 19 day strike against General Motors. Terry Dittes says bargainers for both sides will work through the weekend, attempting to reach an agreement. He says wages, job security, skilled trades…… MORE
Boca Chica Village, Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Space-X has unveiled its latest spacecraft. Company founder Elon Musk did so Saturday in a livestreamed speech from Space-X’s Cameron County launch facility. Musk says the craft, which he’s named “Starship,” is designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A 72 year old Dallas man has been arrested for allegedly fatally shooting a burglar then going back to bed before calling police two hours later. James Meyer reportedly told detectives he was awakened early Thursday morning by the sound of someone trying to break into his backyard storage shed. He told…… MORE
Jersey Village, Texas (AP) – A Houston man has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop near Houston. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says 47 year old Robert Solis has been charged in the Friday shooting death of Harris County sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal. Sheriff…… MORE
McAllen (WBAP/KLIF) – A former south Texas judge is going to prison for taking bribes, and obstructing justice. Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado has been sentenced to five years for demanding payoffs in exchange for favorable rulings while he was a state district court judge in Hidalgo County. Last November Delgado was elected to the 13th Texas…… MORE
