FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Lawyers for former Fort Worth Police Officer Aaron Dean are asking that the start of his trial be delayed again. Aaron Dean is charged with murder in the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson. Body cam video showed Dean fire a shot into the window of the home where Atatiana was staying,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – State leaders have allocated more money for border security. Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan, Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman, and House Appropriations Committee Chair Dr. Greg Bonnen approved the transfer of $495.3 million to continue funding Operation Lone Star and critical border operations at other state…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are searching for the driver of a red pickup truck they say plowed into a vehicle carrying several people Friday night, killing two teenagers, ages 15 and 16. Police say it happened on Esperanza Street, near an elementary school and the intersections of Spring Valley and Coit Roads. Police…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are searching for the driver of a red pickup truck they say plowed into a vehicle carrying several people Friday night, killing two teenagers, ages 15 and 16. Police say it happened on Esperanza Street, near an elementary school and the intersections of Spring Valley and Coit Roads. Police…… MORE
Freer (WBAP/KLIF) – An experienced rattlesnake handler was killed by one of his snakes Saturday at a south Texas rattlesnake roundup. Eugene De Leon Sr. was performing at the roundup in the town of Freer, west of Corpus Christi. He was handling rattlesnakes in front of a crowd, when one of them suddenly bit him…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The families of a dozen people who were killed in Max 737 airliner crashes will be in federal court in Fort Worth Tuesday. They want the court to re-open the federal case against Boeing, claiming the government never consulted them when it worked out a $2.5 billion settlement of the case…… MORE
Mexico City (WBAP/KLIF) – Mexico’s government is retaliating for Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s sudden imposition of tougher inspections of commercial truck traffic along the border last month. Mexico’s Economy Minister says his country will not allow itself to be hostage to “someone who wants to use trade as a political tool.” So Mexico says it…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Hundreds of Texas law enforcement officers gathered at the state capitol in Austin Sunday for a memorial ceremony and candlelight vigil honoring the 62 peace officers who died in the line of duty last year. Governor Greg Abbott presented medals of honor to each of their families saying, “these courageous men and…… MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – President Joe Biden has saluted his “friend of five decades” Walter Mondale, traveling to the University of Minnesota to remember the former vice president and Democratic Party elder whose memorial service was delayed for a year due to the pandemic. Mondale died in April 2021 at age 93. He is credited with…… MORE
Tonkawa, Okla. (WBAP/KLIF) – A 20 year old meteorology student from Denton has been killed in Oklahoma while returning to his school from tornado chasing in Kansas. Nicholas Nair was one of three University of Oklahoma students who were killed when their vehicle hydroplaned on I-35, and was struck by a tractor-trailer rig. They had…… MORE
