DALLAS (AP) – Authorities say a Dallas police officer said she shot a neighbor whose home she mistakenly entered last week after he ignored her “verbal commands.” David Armstrong of the Texas Rangers wrote in an arrest affidavit released Monday that Officer Amber Guyger said she didn’t realize she was in the wrong apartment until…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – The Latest on Hurricanes Florence and Isaac (all times local): 1:45 p.m. North Carolina’s governor says consistency of the Hurricane Florence’s forecast track toward the Carolinas has helped the state understand the threat early on and given it time to get ready. Gov. Roy Cooper said at a news conference at the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County District Attorney Office is now investigating the shooting death of 26-year-old Botham Jean at his apartment complex last Thursday. Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is charged with manslaughter in the shooting after she claims to have entered Jean’s apartment instead of her own by mistake and shot him.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Haskell is completely shut down in East Dallas near Beeman after a train derailed. Concrete is scuffed up, but cars did not tip over. Three cars affected are carrying cargo. Police directing traffic around Haskell. Check back for details on this developing story. Haskell is completely shut down in East Dallas near…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott has chimed in on a proposal to delete the term “heroic” from seventh-grade social studies courses about the battle of the Alamo. Texas Monthly reports the change, suggested by a panel advising the State Board of Education did not sit well with many state lawmakers, including Abbott who tweeted,…… MORE
Update 8:05pm DALLAS (AP) – The Texas Department of Public Safety says a white Dallas police officer has been arrested on a manslaughter warrant in the shooting of a black man at his apartment. The department said in a news release Sunday night that Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail and…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – The family of 26 year old Botham Jean, shot and killed in his own apartment by an off-duty police officer in uniform, wants more answers and transparency from law enforcement. A news conference headed by the family’s apparent attorney, Lee Merritt, asked why the officer involved did not seem to be…… MORE
FORT WORTH – (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth firefighters confirm a woman and her baby died in a ditch filled with deep floodwaters just off the northbound access road to Loop 820 near Wilbarger. Her vehicle appears to have been swept off the access road after hitting water several feet deep, and the waters took the…… MORE
Update at 9:00pm: Dallas Police have identified the officer involved in the shooting death of Botham Jean as Officer Amber Guyger. Guyger has been with the department for four years and is assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division.. 1:35 p.m. DALLAS (AP) – Dallas’ police chief says a warrant for manslaughter hasn’t been issued for…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Nine individuals, including seven firefighters, were hospitalized for possible carbon monoxide exposure at a Dallas condominium complex. Firefighters were called to the complex at 1:25 a.m. Friday by a resident who said his wife was experiencing a medical emergency. As they treated the woman, firefighters noticed the husband and one of the…… MORE
