EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Border Patrol reports it has taken more than 700 migrants into custody at the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso within a 24-hour period. In a statement, the patrol said the detentions involved several large groups of migrants that crossed the border illegally late Tuesday and Wednesday. It said…… MORE
McKinney Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Driver
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – McKinney police are asking the public to help find a driver who hit a pedestrian and never stopped to help. Investigators said it happened February 18th around 7:35 p.m. in the parking lot of the shopping center at Highway 121 and Custer Road. Surveillance photos show a black car, possibly an early…… MORE
Fired Dallas Police Officer Had Loads of Department Equipment for Two Years
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Dallas police officer who was fired two years ago for inappropriate use of force and turning off a police camera says it took the department until this week to ask for his gear back. Josh Forner tells WFAA-TV, since he was fired, nobody ever asked him to return his uniform,…… MORE
Judge Warned After Claiming God Said Defendant Was Innocent
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas judge has received a public warning after asking a jury to keep deliberating over a defendant they convicted because God told him she was innocent. The San Antonio Express-News reports that Comal County Judge Jack Robison reported himself to the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct after his outburst while…… MORE
Dallas Judge Returns Sini Mathews’ Passport Days After Child Abandonment Charge is Dismissed
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas judge has given Sini Mathews her passport back nearly a week after charges were dropped against her in connection with the death of her adoptive daughter in 2017. 3-year old Sherin Mathews was found dead in a culvert in Richardson, weeks after she was reported missing; her adoptive father is…… MORE
NTX Officer Plans to walk 148 miles to State Capitol to Honor Officers Killed
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF)- A North Richland Hills Police Sergeant plans to walk over 140 miles to honor officers who died in the line of duty. Sergeant Brent Wright is training for his “Walk of Reflection” taking him from the Metroplex to the Peace Officers Memorial in Austin. “I’m excited, I’m nervous… I know that I…… MORE
WATCH: Fallen Richardson Police Officer Honored by Lawmakers
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The life of the Richardson Police Officer killed in the line of a duty last year was honored Wednesday by lawmakers in Austin. Officer David Sherrard was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call in 2018. He later died at a local hospital. Wednesday, Representative Jeff Leach of Plano spoke…… MORE
HUD’s Secretary Carson Visits Fort Worth, Discusses Efforts Ending Veteran Homelessness
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson visits Fort Worth to talk with Mayor Betsy Price about public private public partnerships to help end homelessness. Carson spoke with Price about Fort Worth’s successful initiative that housed over 180 homeless veterans in 100 days. “the key that has really cut veteran homelessness from 2010 to…… MORE
Central Texas Oil and Gas CEO Charged in Midland Officer’s Death
MIDLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Central Texas man has been charged in the shooting death of Midland police officer who was responding to a burglary call early Tuesday morning. According to Heavy.com, 37-year-old David Charles Wilson, CEO of Unitex Oil and Gas LLC, is free on bond on a manslaughter charge in the death of officer…… MORE
FTW City Council Approves All Recommendations from Race & Culture Task Force
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth city manager plans to implement all 22 recommendations made by the Fort Worth Task Force on Race and Culture after the city council approved them Tuesday. The task force was created in 2017 after the controversial police arrest of a mother who called police for assistance after alleging…… MORE
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