A local activist group says it won’t be satisfied until the Balch Springs Police Officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Jordan Edwards is indicted. Minister Dominique Alexander, President and Founder of the Next Generation Action Network, was grateful to Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson for charging former Officer Roy Oliver with…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The second annual Bike to Work challenge is now underway and organizers want North Texans to get involved. The North Central Texas Council of Governments’ Amanda Wilson said they’ve partnered with DART and the Denton County Transportation Authority to host challenges for its passengers via tryparkingit.com. She said the initiative encourages people to get…… MORE
BALCH SPRINGS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas judge signed an arrest warrant for a former Balch Springs police officer who shot an killed an unarmed black teenager last Saturday. Roy Oliver, who now faces a murder charge, was fired by the department on Wednesday. The department initially said the car 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was riding in was…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The FBI in Houston is looking for a serial bank robber that has hit several banks in Houston and Sugarland. The woman allegedly robbed at least three banks in December of 2016. Investigators said the woman never spoke but handed tellers a threatening note demanding cash. No one was physically hurt during any…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas House passed a bill Wednesday that would scale back the number of standardized tests that students in public school would have to take. Representative Gary VanDeaver’s (R-New Boston) House Bill 515 said his bill would cut the number of standardized tests to the minimum number required by federal law.…… MORE