Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The former Balch Springs police officer convicted of murder won’t face additional aggravated assault charges. A jury found Roy Oliver guilty of murder in the shooting death of Jordan Edwards and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. On Tuesday, a judge dismissed four aggravated assault charges against Oliver. The charges stem…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas volunteers are headed east ahead of Hurricane Florence. Mark Sager and his wife Kathy are headed toward the coast in a Red Cross van equipped with food and supplies. Mark said before leaving Tuesday that when they arrive in North Carolina he and Kathy will go wherever they’re needed the most.…… MORE
UPDATED 9:41AM President Trump delivers remarks during a 9-11 service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania in commemoration of 17 passengers who lost their lives on Flight 93 which went down in the rural community. President Trump and The First Lady Attend the Flight 93 September 11 Memorial Service https://t.co/DcZIMqjnF8 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 11, 2018…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Protesters marched in downtown Dallas to remember Botham Jean. He’s the the 26-year old man police say was killed by a Dallas Police officer who had mistakenly entered his apartment on Friday night and thought that she was being robbed. Several dozen protestors gathered at Dallas Police headquarters last night around 7pm,…… MORE
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
