Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott has chimed in on a proposal to delete the term “heroic” from seventh-grade social studies courses about the battle of the Alamo. Texas Monthly reports the change, suggested by a panel advising the State Board of Education did not sit well with many state lawmakers, including Abbott who tweeted,…… MORE
Americans, Mostly Elderly, Swindled Out of More Than $5.7 Million
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Rhode Island woman accused of funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica through her airline job goes on trial in federal court in North Dakota this week. Melinda Bulgin is the last of 27 defendants in the case that’s believed to be the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam…… MORE
Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Arrested, Charged with Manslaughter
Update 8:05pm DALLAS (AP) – The Texas Department of Public Safety says a white Dallas police officer has been arrested on a manslaughter warrant in the shooting of a black man at his apartment. The department said in a news release Sunday night that Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail and…… MORE
Bedford’s City Council is going to put aside decades of opposition, and raise taxes
Bedford (WBAP/KLIF) – The Bedford City Council is almost certain to do something this week that it hasn’t done in decades. It will raise taxes. Most everyone involved with Bedford’s government agrees the city is cash strapped. It doesn’t have the money to pay for the parks and rec. bonds approved by voters last year.…… MORE
Family of Dallas Shooting Victim in His Home – by Dallas Police Officer – Calls for Transparency
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – The family of 26 year old Botham Jean, shot and killed in his own apartment by an off-duty police officer in uniform, wants more answers and transparency from law enforcement. A news conference headed by the family’s apparent attorney, Lee Merritt, asked why the officer involved did not seem to be…… MORE
3 People Die in Fort Worth Vehicle Drownings
FORT WORTH – (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth firefighters confirm a woman and her baby died in a ditch filled with deep floodwaters just off the northbound access road to Loop 820 near Wilbarger. Her vehicle appears to have been swept off the access road after hitting water several feet deep, and the waters took the…… MORE
Could the 25th Amendment Be Used to remove the President? Maybe
DALLAS (KLIF/WBAP) — In a scathing New York Times op-ed, there’s an interesting footnote written toward the end: the anonymous source says cabinet members have discussed using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove President Trump from office. The 25th Amendment is commonly known as the Presidential Succession Amendment. It determines who replaces the…… MORE
Dallas Police Identify Officer Involved in Shooting Death of Botham Jean
Update at 9:00pm: Dallas Police have identified the officer involved in the shooting death of Botham Jean as Officer Amber Guyger. Guyger has been with the department for four years and is assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division.. 1:35 p.m. DALLAS (AP) – Dallas’ police chief says a warrant for manslaughter hasn’t been issued for…… MORE
Significant Readings of Carbon Monoxide Found at Dallas Condominium Complex
DALLAS (AP) – Nine individuals, including seven firefighters, were hospitalized for possible carbon monoxide exposure at a Dallas condominium complex. Firefighters were called to the complex at 1:25 a.m. Friday by a resident who said his wife was experiencing a medical emergency. As they treated the woman, firefighters noticed the husband and one of the…… MORE
A suspect has been arrested for a 6 month old murder in Dallas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have arrested a 19 year old murder suspect. Jeremy Warren was already in the Dallas County Jail on robbery charges when he was charged Friday with the murder of an 18 year old woman last February. Nequacia Jacobs was killed when she looked out her second floor apartment window to…… MORE
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