FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth SWAT Department introduces a new vehicle to keep officers and the community safe. It’s called the Rook and it’s similar to a skid steer loader for construction. Lieutenant Todd Plowman said the Rook is used when dealing with a hostage situation, a barricaded victim or even to remove debris after…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas prison officials say the last written words of condemned inmates will no longer be shared publicly, marking another fresh change to execution day procedures in the nation’s busiest death chamber. The new policy Tuesday follows outrage by a state lawmaker who in 2011 also put a halt to Texas death row…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas’ Republican lieutenant governor says he won’t support reducing penalties for small amounts of marijuana, calling it “a step toward legalization.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s opposition Tuesday followed a historic vote in the GOP-controlled Texas House to make possession of an ounce or less of the drug to a Class C misdemeanor.…… MORE
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News) – A credit card skimmer was found at another gas station in North Texas. The Texas Department of Agriculture said it was found on a pump at Scooter’s Superstore on Highway 114 in Southlake. It was discovered by a state inspector who was responding to a complaint and was removed on April…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A jury has returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of a former Texas A&M football player who killed a jogger on White Rock Trail in 2015. Thomas Johnson was found guilty after less than an hour of jury deliberation, and just over a day of witness testimony. Johnson’s attorneys…… MORE