DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A visiting judge in Dallas County has ruled Judge Tammy Kemp cannot preside over the Dallas County District Attorney John Cruezot’s Contempt of Court hearing. The decision was made because of Kemp’s bias in the case. “When the business of judging becomes personal the judge needs to walk away,” said Attorney Brian Wice…… MORE
GARLAND – WBAP/KLIF – Garland Police seek tips to help them find the driver of a black Ram Big Horn pickup truck believed to have fled the scene of a deadly hit and run crash just before midnight Friday. It killed a 46 year old woman from Rowlett, Joyce Cawis. Witnesses say the driver entered…… MORE
Update at 5:00pm: Texas highest criminal appeals court has stopped the execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence in his case. The stay of execution issued Friday afternoon by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals comes just hours after the state’s parole board unanimously recommended a 120-day reprieve for…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, has been found guilty at his trial in federal court in Washington. Stone was convicted Friday. He was charged in a seven-count indictment that alleged he lied to lawmakers about WikiLeaks, tampered with witnesses and obstructed a House intelligence committee probe.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A former bartender accused in the viral beating of a woman in Deep Ellum earlier this year has been indicted on four counts. 31-year-old Austin Shuffield has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, obstruction or retaliation and two misdemeanor charges, assault and unlawful carrying of a weapon stemming from…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) The battle between the City of Fort Worth and its former police chief Joel Fitzgerald continues. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, lawyers for the city have asked a court for a protective order that would keep some records secret “if it is divulged in a fired police chief’s whistleblower lawsuit.” Fitzgerald maintains…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch provided chilling detail Friday in Trump impeachment hearings of being suddenly ousted from her post and feeling threatened upon learning President Donald Trump had denounced her in a phone call to Ukraine’s president. In that call, Trump assailed her as “bad news” and said she was…… MORE
BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — President Donald Trump said the impeachment probe has been “very hard” on his family, even as he tried to flex his political muscle to flip the governor’s mansion in deep-red Louisiana. Speaking in friendly territory in a state he carried in 2016 by 20 percentage points, Trump lashed out Thursday…… MORE
UPDATED: 7:16AM Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – An arrest warrant has been issued for Texas State Rep. Poncho Nevarez has admitted to dropping several baggies of cocaine at an Austin airport on Sept 6. He’s expected to be charged with third-degree felony drug possession — which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. After admitting that the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth has selected it’s Diversity and Inclusion director, a recommendation from the city’s Race and Culture Task Force. Christina Brooks will implement and oversee the 22 recommendations from the Task Force and well as promote fairness, cultural awareness and enforce civil rights laws in Fort Worth. “On the top of…… MORE
