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Fired Fort Worth Police Chief and His Attorney Weigh In On Atatiana Jefferson Shooting

Fired Fort Worth Police Chief and His Attorney Weigh In On Atatiana Jefferson Shooting

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fired Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald and his attorney are weighing in on the fatal shooting of a Dallas woman by a Fort Worth police officer. 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed early Saturday morning during what was supposed to be a welfare check. It happened just before…MORE

Tarrant County Sheriff’s Son Arrested for Public Intoxication and Indecent Exposure

Tarrant County Sheriff’s Son Arrested for Public Intoxication and Indecent Exposure

Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The son of the Tarrant County Sheriff was arrested for public intoxication and indecent exposure Friday. The arrest of Sergei Waybourn near AT&T Stadium Friday came just days after Sheriff Bill Waybourn said during a White House gathering, that many undocumented immigrants in his jail are repeat DUI offenders . The…MORE

Family Seeks Answers After Police Kill Texas Woman at Home

Family Seeks Answers After Police Kill Texas Woman at Home

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while responding to a neighbor’s call about an open front door “didn’t have time to perceive a threat” before he opened fire, an attorney for the woman’s family said. “You didn’t hear the officer shout, ‘Gun, gun,…MORE

Two People Shot During Wedding Ceremony at A New Hampshire Church

Two People Shot During Wedding Ceremony at A New Hampshire Church

PELHAM, N.H. (AP) – Police say two people were shot during a wedding ceremony at a New Hampshire church before guests subdued the shooter until police arrived. Pelham’s Police Chief Joseph Roark says no fatalities were reported in the Saturday morning shooting at New England Pentecostal church.  Roark says a man and a woman were shot.…MORE

Fort Worth Police Officer Under Investigation After A Fatal Shooting

Fort Worth Police Officer Under Investigation After A Fatal Shooting

UPDATE 3:00 PM ON 10/13/2019 – A candlelight vigil will be held for Atatiana Jefferson on Sunday evening (10/13/2019) at 7 PM at 1201 E. Allen Ave in Fort Worth. UPDATE 6:35 PM – Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price texts a statement to a reporter on our News Team: “Writing a statement like this is…MORE

Partial Collapse of New Orleans ‘Hard Rock Hotel’: One Dead, Three Missing

Partial Collapse of New Orleans ‘Hard Rock Hotel’: One Dead, Three Missing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – One person has been confirmed killed and three are unaccounted for after a large portion of a hotel under construction in New Orleans suddenly collapsed. City officials and Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed the fatality Saturday. News outlets report construction workers ran to safety as the Hard Rock Hotel, which was…MORE

Former Texas congressman Pete Sessions linked to Ukraine scandal

Former Texas congressman Pete Sessions linked to Ukraine scandal

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former Republican Rep. Pete Sessions’ road back to Congress was already off to a rough start even before a federal indictment appearing to link him to a campaign finance scheme and the Ukraine scandal at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Sessions spent 22 years in Congress but lost his seat…MORE

Ukraine scandal ensnares Texas oil man

Ukraine scandal ensnares Texas oil man

Washington (AP) – A business executive Energy Secretary Rick Perry recommended as an adviser to Ukraine’s government exaggerated his military credentials, according to veterans who examined his record. Robert Bensh claimed to have been a member of the U.S. military’s most elite units: Army Rangers, Special Forces and Delta Force, the hyper-secret counter-terrorism unit. But…MORE

Federal money is coming to some of those who stepped up

Federal money is coming to some of those who stepped up

El Paso (AP) – Federal officials are reimbursing organizations that fed, sheltered, and transported migrants this year during a spike in crossings along the U.S.- Mexico border. Members of the House announced Friday the first of $30 million in awards to charities and municipal governments. Charities and local governments scrambled to help migrants who had…MORE