WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has approved bipartisan legislation providing $4.6 billion to care for thousands of migrants streaming into the U.S. across the Mexican border. The measure resembles a package Democrats already pushed through the House with scant Republican support. The House bill has more constraints than the Senate version on how the Trump…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – DART is being nationally recognized for its response to a perception of increased crime at stations and on trains. The American Public Transportation Association awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit its 2019 Gold Award for Security for light rail and streetcar systems at the annual APTA Rail Conference in Toronto, Ontario, on Tuesday. “Congratulations…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – As the Dallas Police Department continues to struggle with a shortage of officers, some local organizations and entities are taking security in their own hands. The Friends of Katy Trail posted on its website that they’re hiring two private security officers to monitor the popular trail in Uptown during the busiest times.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against a senior living center where suspected serial killer Billy Chemirmir formerly worked. The 46-year old Chemirmir is already charged with 12 murders. the lawsuit filed against the Tradition-Prestonwood center in far North Dallas alleges that he is also responsible for six others. The lawsuit says Chemimir…… MORE
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) – A Texas man who threatened President Donald Trump from a Louisiana prison has been sentenced to just over three years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Buddy Keith Myers of Gibbs, Texas, was sentenced Monday for threatening the president. He’d faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000…… MORE