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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is stepping down, after only six months. According to President Trump McAleenan’s decision to resign is to return to the private sector and spend more time with family. Following the announcement, Vice President Mike Pence tweeted “Thank you…… MORE
