DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- 68-year-old Rick Sorrells, former Dallas County Schools Superintendent was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Wednesday morning. Sorrells pleaded guilty to a charge of federal wire fraud in the corruption investigation in Dallas County School Bus Agency. Sorrells took $3 million in bribes from CEO of Force Multiplier Solutions Robert Leonard. The company makes stop-arm…… MORE
EL PASO (WBAP/KLIF) – After meeting with victims of the Dayton mass shooting Wednesday morning in Ohio, President Trump will visit El Paso to meet with victims and first responders of the Wal Mart massacre that left 22 people dead. Many locals have mixed emotions ahead of the President’s arrival. A number of elected officials have asked President…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Fort Worth nurse who was seriously injured by a JPS Hospital elevator has filed a negligence lawsuit against Thyssenkrupp Elevator Co., stating that the company failed to perform routine maintenance that would have prevented the January 2019 tragedy. According to the lawsuit filed by The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, 56-year-old…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — A family who went to a Rangers game over the weekend says they were victims of racial harassment while in the stands. Jessica Ramero posted to Facebook after Saturday night’s game that she and her family were taking a photo, when she overheard a man behind her say he wanted to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump condemned the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio as “evil attacks” that are crimes “against all humanity” and said unity must replace hatred in society. Trump gave the speech from the White House Monday, after a total of 29 people were killed in the shootings over…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Frisco Roughriders and Carter BloodCare are teaming up with our media partners at WFAA-TV to help raise blood Monday night in the wake of this weekend’s deadly shooting in El Paso. The El Paso Police Department announced that city hospitals were in urgent need of blood after dozens were shot…… MORE
UPDATED 8/4/2019 7:59PM CT DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – The Latest on a deadly mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Nine white doves have been released at a vigil to honor the nine adults killed by a gunman in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio. Hundreds of people, mostly young adults,…… MORE
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The shooter who killed nine people and injured dozens when he opened fire early Sunday in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, before being quickly killed by police was a man in his 20s named Connor Betts, a law enforcement official said. Betts was killed by police less than a…… MORE
The Latest: US officials consider death penalty for suspect UPDATED 7:48PM – EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department is seriously weighing federal hate crime charges against the El Paso shooting suspect that would carry the potential for a sentence of the death penalty. That’s according to a person familiar with the department’s decision…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Recently released Police body-cam footage is bringing hope to the family of a man who died in Dallas Police custody. Tony Timpa died in August of 2016 after being pinned to ground by a Dallas Police Officer for more than 14 minutes. Body cam video captured other Officers laughing and making jokes…… MORE
