Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A fired Fort Worth police officer is fighting to get his job back after being terminated for “multiple violations” of police procedure during a domestic call in August. Sgt. Kenneth Pierce ordered a rookie officer to tase the woman who called for help, after she refused to turn over her…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats say three provisions in the Republican $1.5 trillion tax bill violate Senate rules and will likely be removed before that chamber votes on the measure. The House approved the legislation Tuesday. But this means the House will have to vote again on the legislation once it’s been amended and approved by…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County Commissioners Court unanimously selected Deputy Chief Marian Brown as the interim Dallas County Sheriff Tuesday morning. Brown said this is something she said she’s wanted for almost 30 years. “To whom much is given much is required. So, I realize there’s a lot of work for me to do.…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – It’s believed that a bright red substance spotted near White Rock Creek may be a detergent used at car washes. The substance was first spotted by the Dallas Police Department helicopter unit. The substance was draining into a ditch on the property owned by Texas Totes and Barrels, an agricultural service…… MORE
(CNN) — An Amtrak passenger train on its inaugural trip on a new service route derailed Monday morning near Dupont, Washington, spilling multiple cars off an Interstate 5 overpass and killing at least six people, according to the spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The deaths “are all contained to the train,” said Ed…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A man who is required to use a drunken driving detector in his vehicle has been charged with manslaughter in the death of an Arlington teen. Police say Blake Cowan plowed into 18-year old Alexis Butler’s Camry on November 10th. In a variation to the initial story he told police, Cowan…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The accused murderer of Kelli Cox has officially been indicted more than 20 years after Cox’s disappearance. A Brazoria County Grand Jury indicted William Reece on a charge of Capital Murder Thursday. The Denton Police Department announced the indictment Friday afternoon. According to police, Reece led investigators to a site in Brazoria…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Some local officials are calling it “pure politics” after the Texas Transportation Commission voted to eliminate a 1.8-billion dollar expansion of I-635 from the state’s 2018 budget. Governor Greg Abbot told commissioners last year to nix the project, along with proposed work on I-35 in Austin. Both projects involved adding new…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Right around the same time the Robert E. Lee statue was being removed from its nearly century old location in Oak Lawn, The Dallas School Board voted to move forward with renaming three schools named after Confederate leaders. The board last night approved the changes: Robert E. Lee elementary will be…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI (WBAP/KLIF News) – Republican Representative Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi announced that he won’t seek re-election next year as he battles allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse of his staff. Farenthold has been under fire in recent weeks, after it was revealed that he had paid an $84,000 sexual harassment settlement using…… MORE
