DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University have been awarded scholarship funding for students who want to pursue a career in education. The universities are two out of ten recipients of the Raising Teachers Program. It’s a program that was launched by the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation. UNT Dallas President…… MORE
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Dallas County Prosecutor Used Facebook Friendship in Attempt to Get Out of DWI Charge
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has suspended assistant district attorney Leah Lucius without pay after she was arrested on suspicion of drunken-driving charge early Saturday morning. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Lucius allegedly crashed into a tree and fence near the 1600 block of Breezewood Drive. The responding officers said they smelled…… MORE
Law Enforcement Associations Condemn Remarks from Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Law enforcement agencies have condemned some recent remarks made by Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. At last week’s meeting, commissioners voted on a resolution to make July 7th a day to honor all fallen officers. Price voted no and said there is a framed narrative regarding people who have lost their…… MORE
Disabled Baton Rouge Police Officer Sues Black Lives Matter After 2016 Ambush
(CNN) — A wounded officer’s lawsuit filed in federal court in Louisiana alleges Black Lives Matter and several of its leaders are responsible for last year’s ambush on law enforcement in Baton Rouge. The July 17, 2016, attack by gunman Gavin Long claimed the lives of two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy and wounded…… MORE
Father of Child Killed in Texas Boating Accident Dies
TEMPLE, Texas (AP) – Authorities said a man has died after losing his legs last month while trying to save his fatally injured 4-year-old daughter when a houseboat ran over her on a Central Texas lake. Temple police say Patrick Oliver died Thursday at a hospital. Investigators said that after a houseboat backed over Kaitlyn Oliver on…… MORE