DENTON, Texas (AP) – A grand jury has declined to indict a North Texas police officer in the fatal shooting of a college student who had refused to drop a frying pan and a cleaver and then advanced toward police with the pan. The Denton County grand jury made the decision Thursday about the officer.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court has sidestepped a ruling on whether the state’s embattled power grid operator can be sued. The decision today comes as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas remains under fire following February’s deadly blackouts. More than 50 people died in the winter storm and resulting blackouts, which left…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas officer has overcome the biggest challenge in his life and he’s taking on another this weekend. Dallas Sergeant Ed Lujan was run over and dragged underneath a suspect’s car while on duty in 2015. Lujan not only had broken bones, he also had a traumatic brain injury. He was admitted into…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County authorities are promising transparency in the investigation into the recent death of a jail inmate. Marvin Scott III died in the Collin County jail Sunday after he was arrested on a marijuana charge in Allen. Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said Friday that Scott began acting strange in the jail…… MORE
CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A 26-year-old Flower Mound man is charged with three counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon after police say he stabbed two people and strangled a third following a crash on IH-35E in Carrollton. Dillon Stoffregen was released from Parkland Hospital overnight and transferred to the Dallas County Jail. The incident happened…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott blasted the Biden Administration on Friday over conditions of the federally run unaccompanied minor facilities in Texas caused by sudden surge of minors coming across the border. According to the Governor, the water at the federally run unaccompanied minor facility in Midland was not proven safe prior to placing children…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington Police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting Thursday in connection to a an Arkansas man wanted for serious felonies. The department said it’s Fugitive Unit was asked to help locate a felony suspect wanted on several serious offenses including five counts of rape and six counts of sexual indecency with…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, officials say the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico with shots. The Biden administration announced the outlines of a plan to “loan” vaccines to…… MORE
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border. The Associated Press has learned that the converted camp has…… MORE
Denton County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Denton County grand jury declined to indict the Denton police officer who fatally shot a UNT college student last year. Last January police responded to calls of someone acting erratically at a student apartment building. 23-year old Darius Tarver was found holding a frying pan and a meat cleaver.…… MORE
