DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council voted Tuesday to approve a budget that includes pay raises for first responders. The $1.3 billion general budget brings a base salary of $60,000 for Police and firefighters. The raises are nearly $10,000 higher than what was initially considered in the budget proposed by the City Manager. Some…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Baptist Men is headed out for another humanitarian mission, this time to the East coast where millions are reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The group, which travels the world to help people recover from natural disasters will head out this week. TBM is equipped to prepare an estimated need…… MORE
Updated at 2:45pm: The man accused of taking hostages at a home in Las Colinas was found dead Monday afternoon. Irving police believe the man, who was at one point holding five hostages, was involved in a domestic dispute with his estranged wife. The hostages were able to escape the home earlier Monday. Original…… MORE
DALLAS — The man police say intentionally rammed a downtown Dallas television station with a truck earlier this month is out of jail because his case was never filed. According to WFAA-TV, 34-year-old Michael Chadwick Fry was released because, according to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, they can only hold a person so long without…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Demonstrators, including some who carried empty coffins, marched outside AT&T Stadium ahead of Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys game to protest recent fatal police shootings. Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents the family of Botham Jean, says protesters are demanding that Dallas police officer Amber Guyger be fired and charged with murder instead of manslaughter…… MORE