Detroit (WBAP/KLIF) – A United Auto Workers union Vice President in Detroit says negotiators are making progress on a new contract that could end the 19 day strike against General Motors. Terry Dittes says bargainers for both sides will work through the weekend, attempting to reach an agreement. He says wages, job security, skilled trades…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The judge presiding over the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who shot and killed her black neighbor has accused the Dallas County district attorney of violating her gag order in the case. In an order setting an Oct. 31 hearing, Judge Tammy Kemp said an on-camera interview with District…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA) filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) because of a new policy that requires officers to meet new standards for belly size. Richard Jankovsky President of the DPSOA said the new “Command Presence policy” policy requires waist measurements of no…… MORE
HUNTSVILLE (WBAP/KLIF)- Former Dallas Officer Amber Guyger was released from the Dallas County Jail and turned over to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville to begin her prison sentence. Jeremy Desel with TDCJ says before any unit assignment is made, she must go through an intake assessment which includes a number of interviews…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Faith leaders in Dallas are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Dallas Police Department in the wake of testimony heard during the Murder trial for former Dallas Officer Amber Guyger. Guyger told Police she shot and killed Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own. The Jean family is standing…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Extra precautions are being taken at movie theatres across North Texas this weekend with the opening of the new ‘JOKER’ movie. In the wake of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado mass shooting during a midnight showing of the ‘Dark Knight Rises,’ many theatres aren’t allowing customers to wear costumes or bring props. “It’s…… MORE
LAREDO, Texas (AP) – A judge in the border city of Laredo declined to reduce the bond for a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of killing four women last year who prosecutors said were sex workers. KGNS-TV said the judge on Thursday denied the bond reduction request for Juan David Ortiz. Ortiz, who is charged…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two of the jurors from the Amber Guyger murder trial are talking about what went on from their perspective. in an exclusive interview with our media partner ABC News affiliate WFAA-TV. They did not give their names, but referred to themselves as jurors 21 and 34: “I think were were all on…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police responded to a shooting call around 11 o’clock last night on Montague Street near MLK Freeway. WFAA-TV reports that no one was in the home when police arrived, but they received another call shortly afterward about a shooting victim showing up at a hospital. Police determined that a…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) Former Texas Governor Rick Perry may be looking for a new job soon. Politico is reporting Perry will announce his resignation as Energy Secretary by the end of November. According to the online website, Perry has been planning to leave for several months and it’s not related to the current impeachment inquiry in…… MORE
