DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- About 4,000 Dallas citizens were summoned for jury selection for the murder trial of Amber Guyger, a former Dallas cop charged in the shooting death of Botham Jean. The first phase of jury selection began Friday. Attorney Daryl Washington represents jean’s family and is keeping them updated. “The family is on pins and needles…… MORE
Frisco, TX (WBAP/KLIF) High school football teams representing Texas communities marred by recent mass shootings competed in two separate games last night. The Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco hosted a game between Plano and El Paso Eastwood high schools … 22 people were killed in a mass shooting in El Paso last month. Cowboys owner…… MORE
Miami (WBAP/KLIF) – A mechanic for American Airlines was arrested Thursday and accused of trying to sabotage a commercial airliner shortly before it was set to take off from Miami International Airport for the Bahamas with 150 people on board. A criminal complaint filed in federal court says Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is charged with…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued eight executive orders in an attempt to prevent future mass shootings from happening in the state. The orders affect the Texas Department of Public Safety, local law enforcement throughout the state, schools and mental-health professionals. Most of the orders involve strengthening the process of submitting a…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas County judge has denied a request for a retrial for Wesley Mathews, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 death of his 3-year old adopted daughter Sherin. Lawyers for Mathews had argued, among other things, that that graphic photos presented in the punishment phase of the trial…… MORE
Tarrant County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Changing demographics in historically red Tarrant County has put the region in play as among ten U.S. counties that “will decide the 2020 presidential race,” that, according to the online publication ‘The Hill.’ The article says Fort Worth’s rapid population growth has has masked the trend of in smaller margins…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – More than 4,000 people will be in a courtroom in downtown Dallas Friday; all of them will be questioned as potential jurors in the controversial murder case involving former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who shot a neighbor in his own apartment last year. Only a fraction of those summoned are expected…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas judge will decide when and if Fort Worth City leaders will be questioned and present documents in the case against former Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald. At a hearing Wednesday morning City representatives and Fitzgerald and Attorney Stephen Kennedy went back and forth about whether or not the city should reveal documents that…… MORE
NFL .COM (WBAP/KLIF) – Ezekiel Elliott has a new massive contract extension that will keep him wearing the Cowboys’ star for years to come. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Jane Slater reported Wednesday that the Cowboys and Elliott have agreed to a six-year, $90 million extension, per sources informed of the deal. Zeke will be on the practice field today.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – When American Flight 80 taxiied from the gate at DFW this morning, it marked the end of an era for the plane that’s been in service for the Fort Worth-Based carrier for 36-years. The planes were instrumental in American’s expansion in the 1980s and 90s. New York aviation blogger Jason Rabinowitz was…… MORE
