Dallas – (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas County judge rules against a trial delay for a former Balch Springs police officer accused of murder in the death of a 15 year old boy. The judge did rule to allow exclusion of a prior incident, meant to show a pattern of abusive behavior. Roy Oliver is charged…… MORE
McKinney – (WBAP/KLIF) – Hundreds of people packed into McKinney’s “The Pantry” Tuesday morning, showing support for the re-election of Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz told the crowd it’s important Republicans vote to maintain progress he feels the GOP has made with the Republican White House and both houses of Congress. Cruz says his opponent, Beto…… MORE
Updated: 8/15/18 Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – At a rally in McKinney this morning Republican Senator Ted Cruz says it’s important for Republicans to get out and vote to maintain the progress he feels they’ve made. “We have a Republican president, we have Republican majorities in both houses of Congress and for the past year-and-a-half, we…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a Facebook post this morning, the Dallas Police Association writes, “we like big butts!” … pork butts that is. The organization put 40 of them on the smoker before 5 o’clock this morning. They’ll be served up to the over 3-thousand people from around the country and the world,…… MORE
Coppell – (WBAP/KLIF) – If you’ve been waiting for an important piece of mail in North Texas, you may greet as good news the re-opening of the U S Postal Service mail sorting facility in Coppell. It was closed last Tuesday when USPS says four gallons of mercury in an improperly mailed package spilled. Incoming…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas Police Department has changed its uniform policy to be more competitive in recruiting. Officers in Irving are no longer required to cover up their tattoos. Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey said that other departments in the metroplex have also changed tattoo policies. “If I’m a recruit with a tattoo…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI has fired a longtime agent who once worked on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after he sent text messages criticizing President Donald Trump to a colleague. Former agent Peter Strzok was removed from Mueller’s team a year ago after the text messages were discovered. The FBI had been reviewing…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) U.S. Marshalls and Arlington Police SWAT arrested a man who allegedly rammed an officer’s motorcycle during a traffic stop Saturday. The unidentified officer’s bodycam captured the ordeal. He’s heard telling the dispatcher what happened and said that he was able to jump out of the way. 27-year old Lonnie Johnson is charged…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An Uber driver located a 10-year old fort worth boy who went missing last night. Fort Worth police say Evan Banda had climbed out of a window of his home on Elk Creek Lane near West Risinger Road, with a backpack. After police circulated flyers about the missing child, the Uber…… MORE
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – At least 27 people have been rescued after 8 to 9 inches of rain caused flash flooding in the Nueces River at a park west of San Antonio. The Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office says on its social media that the 27 were rescued from high water Sunday at Chalk Bluff Park,…… MORE
