Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Two Tarrant County Food Banks Team Up to Feed Over 700 Families
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Community Food Bank and the Tarrant Area Food Bank combined forces to serve over 1,000 pounds of food to 700 hungry families. Kristie Whitaker got a weeks worth of grocerie...
Mar 07, 2019
McKinney Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Driver
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – McKinney police are asking the public to help find a driver who hit a pedestrian and never stopped to help. Investigators said it happened February 18th around 7:35 p...
Mar 07, 2019
Fired Dallas Police Officer Had Loads of Department Equipment for Two Years
Josh Forner (WFAA screenshot) Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A former Dallas police officer who was fired two years ago for inappropriate use of force and turning off a police camera says it took the depa...
Mar 07, 2019
Judge Warned After Claiming God Said Defendant Was Innocent
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas judge has received a public warning after asking a jury to keep deliberating over a defendant they convicted because God told him she was innocent. The San Antonio Exp...
Mar 07, 2019
Dallas Judge Returns Sini Mathews’ Passport Days After Child Abandonment Charge is Dismissed
(Dallas County Jail) Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas judge has given Sini Mathews her passport back nearly a week after charges were dropped against her in connection with the death of her adoptiv...
Mar 07, 2019
NTX Officer Plans to walk 148 miles to State Capitol to Honor Officers Killed
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF)- A North Richland Hills Police Sergeant plans to walk over 140 miles to honor officers who died in the line of duty. Sergeant Brent Wright is training for his “W...
Mar 06, 2019
WATCH: Fallen Richardson Police Officer Honored by Lawmakers
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The life of the Richardson Police Officer killed in the line of a duty last year was honored Wednesday by lawmakers in Austin. Officer David Sherrard was shot and killed whi...
Mar 06, 2019
HUD’s Secretary Carson Visits Fort Worth, Discusses Efforts Ending Veteran Homelessness
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson visits Fort Worth to talk with Mayor Betsy Price about public private public partnerships to help end homelessness. Carso...
Mar 06, 2019
Central Texas Oil and Gas CEO Charged in Midland Officer’s Death
Officer Nathan Heidelberg MIDLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Central Texas man has been charged in the shooting death of Midland police officer who was responding to a burglary call early Tuesday morn...
Mar 06, 2019
It’s Called the Cheesed Challenge … But Why?
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A new social media challenge has given a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Say cheeeeese” before snapping a photo. Folks have taken to actually throwing actual ...
Mar 06, 2019
