DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered the keynote address at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s State of the State Luncheon Thursday in Downtown Dallas. The Dallas Regional Chamber is supported by roughly 3,000 businesses and organizations across twelve counties, and its members represent nearly 600,000 area employees. The Governor updated the chamber on the successes…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A medical doctor in Tennessee has filed a lawsuit against a patient for posting a negative review on yelp. The suits seeks 25 thousand dollars in damages. A legal expert, attorney James Bell, says such a suit is frivolous and in Texas an individual’s opinion is protected by an anti-slap statute. The…… MORE
SAN DIEGO, CA (AP) – A group of doctors ended their three-day protest against the U.S. government’s refusal to allow them into detention facilities to administer the flu vaccine to migrants. Six demonstrators were arrested outside the Border Patrol regional headquarters in San Diego during the protest. One of the doctors said officials met with protest…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – The bullet-resistant vest worn by a Houston police sergeant who was fatally shot was not penetrated by bullets as initially thought, according to a Houston Police Department statement. The initial belief that Sgt. Christopher Brewster’s soft body armor failed had prompted Police Chief Art Acevedo on Tuesday to warn officers to equip…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are using a hearing for voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to deliver passionate arguments for and against the move. They began a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the Capitol. Both sides appealed…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas will shell out over $610.000 dollars in a settlement involving the police shooting of an unarmed man six years ago, according to the Dallas Morning News. Then 19-year old Kelvion Walker was shot by Senior Corporal Amy Wilburn as he sat in the passenger seat of a stolen…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) Did you get a Blue Alert on your phone Wednesday? If so, you weren’t alone. Millions of Texans received the alert on their cell phones. The alert was sent out to warn residents about 21 year old Tavores D. Henderson who is accused of killing Nassau Bay Police Sgt. Kaila Sullivan Tuesday night. …… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas man has been sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. prison after he was convicted of sharing online messages promoting terrorism and lying to investigators. Federal prosecutors in Dallas on Wednesday announced the sentencing of 42-year-old Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim. He was convicted in May on eight counts related to social media and…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- DFW Scanner, one of the largest public safety related news and information sites in the world, has launched DFW Scanner Donates, a nonprofit organization aimed at facilitating the donation and delivery of bottled water and supplies to emergency responders. For years, the DFW Scanner team has worked with local food banks and companies to…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Former Fort Worth Police Officer Jon Romer was found guilty of aggravated perjury. The Fort Worth Police Department fired Romer after a Tarrant County Jury found him guilty. “We respect the jury’s decision and have confidence in the due process of the criminal justice system. The Fort Worth Police Department remains committed…… MORE
