NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF) — As Governor Greg Abbott rolled out his platform for re-election, his challenger, former Dallas Co.Sheriff Lupe Valdez sat down with an NBC news crew in new york to talk about her campaign. Valdez says if elected, one of the first things she’d do is accept the federal Medicaid expansion. “We have…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Authorities say a Dallas police officer said she shot a neighbor whose home she mistakenly entered last week after he ignored her “verbal commands.” David Armstrong of the Texas Rangers wrote in an arrest affidavit released Monday that Officer Amber Guyger said she didn’t realize she was in the wrong apartment until…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – The Latest on Hurricanes Florence and Isaac (all times local): 1:45 p.m. North Carolina’s governor says consistency of the Hurricane Florence’s forecast track toward the Carolinas has helped the state understand the threat early on and given it time to get ready. Gov. Roy Cooper said at a news conference at the…… MORE
HEREFORD, Texas (AP) – Investigators say a single-engine plane has crashed shortly after takeoff from a Texas Panhandle airport in an accident that left all four people on board hurt and destroyed the aircraft. The Department of Public Safety says the crash happened late Sunday morning at Hereford Municipal Airport. The Piper PA-32-30 broke apart,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County District Attorney Office is now investigating the shooting death of 26-year-old Botham Jean at his apartment complex last Thursday. Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is charged with manslaughter in the shooting after she claims to have entered Jean’s apartment instead of her own by mistake and shot him.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Haskell is completely shut down in East Dallas near Beeman after a train derailed. Concrete is scuffed up, but cars did not tip over. Three cars affected are carrying cargo. Police directing traffic around Haskell. Check back for details on this developing story. Haskell is completely shut down in East Dallas near…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The famous Texas rallying cry, “Remember the Alamo!” has a new connotation after a state committee urged educators to remove the word, “heroic” from curriculum regarding the famous battle. Texas Monthly reports the advisory group, tasked with streamlining specific subject lessons, has issued a proposed revision saying the word, “heroic” is,…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott has chimed in on a proposal to delete the term “heroic” from seventh-grade social studies courses about the battle of the Alamo. Texas Monthly reports the change, suggested by a panel advising the State Board of Education did not sit well with many state lawmakers, including Abbott who tweeted,…… MORE
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Rhode Island woman accused of funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica through her airline job goes on trial in federal court in North Dakota this week. Melinda Bulgin is the last of 27 defendants in the case that’s believed to be the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam…… MORE
Update 8:05pm DALLAS (AP) – The Texas Department of Public Safety says a white Dallas police officer has been arrested on a manslaughter warrant in the shooting of a black man at his apartment. The department said in a news release Sunday night that Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail and…… MORE
