Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Dallas Police Chief David Brown says he’s not in uniform anymore, but he’s not done working for the community. A retirement celebration was held in honor of his 33 years of service to the city at the Meyerson Symphony Center. When asked if he was thinking about running for office,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF News) Good news in an age of controversy surrounding local law enforcement. A new poll shows 3 out of 4 Americans have a great deal of respect for police. That’s the highest rate of approval in nearly 50 years. Tim Tremaine is a sergeant with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and says he has the key…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – An officer-involved shooting in South Dallas sends a man to the hospital. Major Jimmy Vaughan with the DPD says it started about 4:30 this afternoon, when officers were looking for a robbery and carjacking suspect near the intersection of MLK and Meyers. “As the officers approached the suspect, he fled on…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The wife of a Texas county commissioner is pleading in an online campaign video for voters to re-elect her husband so he’ll get out of the house and relieve her of his nonstop prattling about county issues.… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Early voters in Dallas and Tarrant counties are reporting problems at the polls, as they try to cast their votes. In some cases, people casting straight party ticket ballots say their choice for president registers the opposite of what they wanted. Others have said their ballot was correct, with the exception of…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Dallas-area middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the slayings of two men in Fort Worth.… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas is getting ready to carry out phase two of clearing out the I-30 homeless camp at Haskell Avenue. ACLU of Texas staff attorney Kali Cohn says Dallas’ ordinance against sleeping in public is unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court has held that it is unconstitutional to criminalize a status…… MORE
Denton (WBAP/KLIF News) – An oversight lead to some early headaches for voters this morning in Denton County. Elections Administrator Lannie Noble says machines that were programmed for Election Day voting were put out, but they weren’t calibrated for early voting. “We got a phone call at 7:30, 7:40 (am), one of the judges said…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – State Farm Insurance and Canary Home Security are teaming up to say thanks to DART police officers. Chief JD Spiller says his 300 officers appreciate the Canary wireless home security systems they were given, because it’ll allow them to focus better on protecting passengers, and themselves. “When you’re a police officer, you’re…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF News) Texas joins dozens of other states in the early voting process on Monday. Dallas County says it will open twice the number of polling locations than it had four years ago. A record number of Texans are registered to vote in next month’s election. Dallas County expects nearly twice the number of early votes this year…… MORE
