MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man has been made public. The release comes one day after the officers were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols. The footage shows Nichols being held down, struck by the Black officers and screaming for his mother as the police…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Police body-cam footage of a gun battle with a fugitive is released to the public. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia continues his stance on transparency as body cam footage is released from Wednesday’s shootout with a capital murder suspect. 18-year-old Joey Cesar Fraire was wanted on a capital murder charge out of Farmers…… MORE
UPDATED 4AM: 1-27-23] Kemp, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Kemp Police Department canceled an AMBER Alert for a 3-month old baby around 3:30 this morning. There is no word on how or where the infant was found. The baby and his mother, 23-year old Abigail Williams, who was identified on the alert as the suspect, were…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Two school districts on the outskirts of the metroplex are shortening their week next school year. Anna ISD and Terrell ISD will adjust their schedules beginning in August by extending the school day, and doing away with Friday classes. Terrell Superintendent Georgeanne Warnock told WBAP/KLIF News that for her Kaufman County district, the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas based Southwest Airlines reported its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results on Thursday. The report’s release comes a month after a scheduling debacle at Southwest Airlines led to nearly 17,000 canceled flights. According to the report, Southwest Airlines experienced a fourth quarter net loss of $220 million, or $0.37…… MORE
The ‘One Second Collaborative’ set to launch this summer will focus on youth in under-served areas for intervention and counseling services and mentoring services. Eight teens have been fatal victims in gun violence in Fort Worth so far this year. Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A new initiative in Fort Worth aims to prevent youth gun…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-The school board president of the Prosper Independent School District has been arrested on a charge of sexual indecency with a child. Andrew Wilborn, 43, was booked into the Dallas county jail Wednesday afternoon. According to Dallas Police, officers learned in April of an incident involving a 16-year-old being inappropriately touched by Wilborn, who…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas Police officer was shot in the foot while trying to serve an arrest warrant on a Capital Murder suspect Wednesday afternoon in West Dallas. He’s expected to be okay. According to the department’s Kristin Lowman members of the Fugitive Unit located the suspect in a car as it drove into an…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A state lawmaker from Collin County is proposing legislation to crack down on human trafficking. House Bill 1004, proposed by Rep. Matt Shaheen of Plano would, if passed, fight human trafficking in Texas by increasing criminal penalties for individuals caught engaging a prostitute who is a victim of sex trafficking. “My goal…… MORE
Brazos County, TX (WBAP/KLID) – The family of a Texas A&M student who was killed by drunk driver four years ago has been awarded 69-million dollars in damages. A Brazo County jury determined the settlement against Pedro Puga based on his negligence in the case. On September 15, 2019 19-year old Carly Beatty was walking…… MORE
