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Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted

Driver of Athens ISD School Bus Involved in Deadly Train Accident Indicted

ATHENS, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The driver of the Athens ISD school bus involved in a deadly accident involving a train has been indicted on injury to a child and manslaughter charges. 78-year-old John Franklin Stevens of Maybank was behind the wheel when the bus was hit by a Union Pacific freight train at a…MORE

Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police

Suspected Armed Robber Shot & Wounded After ‘Lunging’ at Fort Worth Police

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation continues into an officer-involved-shooting in Fort Worth last night. Police responded to a suspected armed robbery call at home on Rickee Drive in South fort worth around 9pm. Police had been notified that the suspect may have be armed with a gun or knife. on scene police say that…MORE

Fatal Pedestrian Accident Involving TRE Train

Fatal Pedestrian Accident Involving TRE Train

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A fatal accident involving a TRE train near Medical Market Station this morning has been cleared. Bus shuttles have been canceled, and trains have resumed normal service. Shortly before five this morning a pedestrian was hit between the Market Station and downtown Irving. A medical examiner will determine the cause of death.…MORE

Dallas & Denison PDs Named in Report on ‘Cops Racist, Violent Social Media Posts’

Dallas & Denison PDs Named in Report on ‘Cops Racist, Violent Social Media Posts’

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Police departments in at least five states are investigating their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog thousands of inflammatory posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent two years looking at the personal Facebook…MORE

Record Number Of Migrant Families Detained At Border In May

Record Number Of Migrant Families Detained At Border In May

HOUSTON (AP) – The Border Patrol says a new record was set in May for the number of migrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents apprehended 132,887 people in May, the largest figure in more than a decade. It set a record with 84,542 adults and children apprehended. Another 11,507 people were children traveling…MORE