Yearly Archives: 2017

The Dallas City Council is improving security at Police Department headquarters

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council agreed Wednesday to spend nearly $2 million improving security at the Police Department’s headquarters. It did so more than two years after the lobby was shot up by a man firing at officer’s through the building’s windows. The project will be funded with unspent money leftover from 1998…MORE

Warrant Issued in Gas Station Murder Case

Warrant Issued in Gas Station Murder Case

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A capital murder warrant has been issued for 17-year-old Jayden Blanton, accused of fatally shooting a man outside of a gas station near Executive Airport on August 20. The 35-year-old victim was on his way home from work when he stopped at a convenience store on Ledbetter Drive for gas. He…MORE

Federal Bureau of Prisons Under Fire for Reportedly Not Evacuating Beaumont Prisoners During Harvey

Federal Bureau of Prisons Under Fire for Reportedly Not Evacuating Beaumont Prisoners During Harvey

BEAUMONT (WBAP/KLIF News) –  Concern is growing from some state and local leaders about prisoners who reportedly were never evacuated from federal prisons in Beaumont during and after Tropical Storm Harvey. The Prisoners Legal Advocacy Network’s Paul Holdorf  said prisoners are suffering from sub-par conditions. “Prisoners who are in fragile health, especially those who are diabetics…MORE