DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Closing arguments in the murder-for-hire trial of Brenda Delgado are expected on Friday after both the state and defense rested Thursday. The defense called a witness examining cell phone data of Delgado and others involved who have already been sentenced in the case. While Delgado did not testify during the trial, the…… MORE
Texas Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law several measures meant to boost school security, including ones that will allow armed teachers in schools and increase mental health services for students. The bills signed Thursday were passed this year in response to the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School near…… MORE
Trump, Macron Honor Soldiers on 75th Anniversary of D-Day
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) – President Donald Trump is praising the veterans of D-Day, saying they are “among the very greatest Americans who will ever live.” Trump spoke in France at the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha Beach, where the Americans landed on June 6, 1944. Trump said that on that day -75…… MORE
Jury Selection Date Set for Amber Guyger’s Murder Trial in the Shooting Death of Botham Jean
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The murder trial date has been set for fired Dallas Officer Amber Guyger in the shooting death of Botham Jean. Testimony for the murder trial is scheduled to begin September 23rd. Jury selection will begin September 6th, exactly one year after Jean’s death. Potential jurors will first fill out a questionnaire, and those…… MORE
Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted
ATHENS, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The driver of the Athens ISD school bus involved in a deadly accident involving a train has been indicted on injury to a child and manslaughter charges. 78-year-old John Franklin Stevens of Maybank was behind the wheel when the bus was hit by a Union Pacific freight train at a…… MORE
Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation continues into an officer-involved-shooting in Fort Worth last night. Police responded to a suspected armed robbery call at home on Rickee Drive in South fort worth around 9pm. Police had been notified that the suspect may have be armed with a gun or knife. on scene police say that…… MORE
Fatal Pedestrian Accident Involving TRE Train
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A fatal accident involving a TRE train near Medical Market Station this morning has been cleared. Bus shuttles have been canceled, and trains have resumed normal service. Shortly before five this morning a pedestrian was hit between the Market Station and downtown Irving. A medical examiner will determine the cause of death.…… MORE
Dallas & Denison PDs Named in Report on ‘Cops Racist, Violent Social Media Posts’
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Police departments in at least five states are investigating their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog thousands of inflammatory posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent two years looking at the personal Facebook…… MORE
Record Number Of Migrant Families Detained At Border In May
HOUSTON (AP) – The Border Patrol says a new record was set in May for the number of migrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents apprehended 132,887 people in May, the largest figure in more than a decade. It set a record with 84,542 adults and children apprehended. Another 11,507 people were children traveling…… MORE
New Industrial Business Park coming to Mesquite, Bringing Over 500 Jobs
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF)- A $71 million business park is planned for Mesquite bringing over 500 jobs to the area. The proposed project will sit on 80 acres off I-30, near the LBJ freeway intersection. “What’s cool about this project is that it’s going to be massive, encompass more than 970,000 square feet of industrial space,” said…… MORE
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