DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Thursday that he respects a Dallas County Judge’s decision to order former Officer Bryan Riser’s release from jail, but insisted the investigation is ongoing. According to DPD, Riser was named a person of interest in two 2017 murders in 2019. He wasn’t fired or arrested until…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment.” “It is actually a public health crisis,” Biden said during remarks at the White…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A mysterious string of white lights lit up the sky last night and created a stir among North Texans wondering if the sighting was other worldly. The lights were the product of SpaceX’s launch of its Starlink internet satellites from Cape Caneveral, Florida Wednesday night. The tech company is building…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KILF) – A Texas voting rights advocate is blasting a Texas House Election Committee for advancing what he calls “One of the worst attacks on voting rights since the Jim Crow Era.” H. Drew Glloway, executive director of MOVE Texas Action Fund said that despite over 21 hours of testimony from hundreds of…… MORE
Bedford, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Bedford Police Department early this morning arrested a suspect in connection with detonating an explosive device near a drainage culvert under Forest Ridge Drive Wednesday afternoon. Police say the FBI conducted the initial investigation. Agents found a suspicious item near the initial location which was destroyed last night by the…… MORE