The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:
Attorneys for a former police officer in Balch Springs an unarmed 15 year-old have requested a change of venue for the upcoming trial.
Police say body camera footage of the incident showed Roy Oliver shooting his rifle into a moving vehicle traveling away from him. Jordan Edwards — one of the passengers inside — was killed.
Lawyers for Oliver say pre-trial publicity has affected potential jurors in Dallas County, so their client can't get a fair trial. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office argues the trial, scheduled to begin August 20, should remain in Dallas.
a judge in Dallas could rule on the change of venue request on Tuesday.
In addition to the murder charge for Edwards' death, Oliver's charged with several counts of aggravated assault by a public servant.
Other stories this morning:
- State prison officials say 10 inmates and prison staff members have been treated for heat-related illnesses since July 20. The that's one person on average per day since the criminal justice department activated what it called an "incident command center" after temperatures reached record highs across the state earlier this month.
- Judges have chosen 31 semi-finalists for its annual . Among them "Deep Fried Bodacious Bacon Bombs," "Fried Kool-Aid Pickles," "Frosty's Frozen Hot Chocolate" and "Deep Fried M&M's."
- The hard-throwing closing pitcher Keone Kela to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Here’s the assignment for high school girls in a summertime science, technology, engineering and math camp: dream up an everyday item that’s cheaper and safer to use than what’s out there now, then build it. ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s a STEM camp at Southern Methodist University.
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