Sullivan (WBAP/KLIF) – A city commissioner in the south Texas town of Sullivan has been killed in a gun battle with police. Police say Gabriel Salinas opened fire on police who had responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home. Police found Salinas’ body inside the house after the shooting stopped. Salinas’ girlfriend is…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas County Saturday reaches the 50 thousand case mark of Covid 19 infections, but today again reports a number roughly half that of what we had been seeing prior to this last week of reports of new cases. Dallas County reports Saturday 614 new cases; 10 deaths, but the region has…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Fire Rescue is reporting a total of 101 firefighters and civilian employees, have tested positive for COVID-19. Via Twitter, DFR reports 86 have fully recovered and returned to work, and 41 are in quarantine. The numbers reflect those exposed to the virus both on and off-duty, as of July 31st.…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted six former Houston police officers whose work with a narcotics unit has been under scrutiny since a 2019 drug raid in which a couple was killed. The former officers are accused by prosecutors of falsifying documentation about drug payments to confidential informants, routinely using false…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Two American oil giants lost more than $9 billion in the second quarter as the pandemic kept households on lockdown and the need for oil diminished around the world. Exxon lost $1.1 billion in the second quarter. Chevron Corp. lost $8.27 billion during the quarter, a sharp contrast to the $4.3…… MORE