GARLAND – WBAP/KLIF – The Garland Police Department has announced extra police patrols looking for drivers who are intoxicated will begin Friday, December 21rst, and run through Saturday, January 5th of next year. Funding for the extra patrols comes from TX-DOT. Police ask drivers who suspect another driver of being intoxicated to call 9-1-1 for…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The civil trial against former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent and the bar that he was at the night of a deadly drunk driving crash is set to go to the jury today. On Tuesday, the mother of Jerry Brown Jr. testified that she wants to make sure no mother ever has to…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The head of PricewaterhouseCoopers-U.S. has written an op-ed, inspired by the high-profile Dallas police shooting of former Pricewaterhouse-Dallas employee, Botham Jean. In the Dallas Morning News piece, Chairman and CEO Tim Ryan refers to Botham as ‘Bo’ and says that his death has re-awakened his awareness to the issue of unconscious bias–specifically…… MORE
The Arlington Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an armed robbery suspect targeting cell phone stores. According to a press release, the lone robber wears a bandana covering his face, but is believed to be a Hispanic man, 5 foot 3 inches tall, and 200 pounds. He is suspected in five Arlington robberies…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A judge has found a former University of Texas student not guilty by reason of insanity in a random stabbing attack that left one student dead and three injured last year. The Austin American-Statesman reports that State District Judge Tamara Needles found Kendrex White not guilty by reason of insanity on…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police said Tuesday that arrests were made in connection to a string of armed robberies across the city. The robberies have been reported in southern Dallas, downtown, Old East Dallas, and Lower Greenville since late November. Deputy Chief Thomas Castro said during a press conference that an investigation led Officer’s to…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – TIME Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year are the “guardians and the war on truth.” The group is made up of four journalists and a newspaper that Time says “are representatives of a broader fight by countless others around the world.” Time’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal made the announcement Tuesday on NBC’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent was back in court Monday, years after he was found guilty of Intoxication Manslaughter in the drunk driving death of one of his teammate’s. Brent is being sued for his involvement in the crash and is expected to testify early this week in the civil suit filed by Jerry Brown…… MORE
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Residents in parts of West and North Texas continue digging out of a winter storm that dumped more than 10 inches of snow in some locations. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports Lubbock received more than 10 inches of snow from late Friday through Saturday. The National Weather Service says Littlefield, northwest of…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – With a string of armed robberies to solve, Dallas Police are urging drivers to pay extra attention to surroundings when exiting their vehicles. Several armed robberies have occurred between December 2nd and 7th, in which armed young men with guns are surprising homeowners, and forcing them at gunpoint into their homes.…… MORE
