Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

SWAT Team Member Injured After Accidental Gun Discharge
DALLAS(WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas SWAT Officer was injured after his rifle went off during the execution of a search warrant. Dallas Police say the SWAT team member was searching a house on the city’s...
Cumulus Media Nov 11, 2017

Garland Fire Spokesman Arrested On Drug Charges
GARLAND(WBAP/KLIF)- A Garland Fire Department employee is facing felony drug charges. Garland Fire Department spokesman Merrill Balanciere was taken into custody Thursday morning after narcotics detec...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Sales Increase For Plano Based Retailer
PLANO, Texas (AP) – J.C. Penney is reporting its first bump in same-store sales in more than a year and losses were not as bad as expected, sending shares up 8 percent before the opening bell. T...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Residents of Texas town feel helpless after church shooting
Candlelight vigil in Sutherland SpringsWFAA photo via YouTube SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) - Volunteers donated blood at a community hall and others stocked the refrigerator and laid out loaves of b...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Americans are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – According to the federal agency that runs the signup platform for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance program widely known as “Obamacare,” the pac...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Troubling New Details About Former Balch Springs Cop
Tarrant County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Newly released court records reveal a fierce description of Roy Oliver, the former Balch Springs officer who shot at a moving car filled with teens, killing one ...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Two north Texas men are going to prison for diamond fraud
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two north Texas residents are going to prison for running a diamond investment scam. Craig Otteson and Jay Heimburger each pleaded guilty in July to defrauding investors in ...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Nine suspected members of the Bloods street gang have been indicted
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal grand jury has returned an eleven count indictment against nine suspected members of the Bloods street gang. The nine suspects are all residents of Cedar Hill, and...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

A north Texas I.D. thief is going to prison
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An admitted criminal who was originally from Cuba has been sentenced in Dallas for ID theft and credit card fraud. Roberto Saavedra has been in jail since he was arrested a ...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Another day in court for Zeke Elliott
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Ezekiel Elliott skipped his weekly media session because of more legal limbo in the star Dallas Cowboys running back’s fight over the NFL’s six-game suspension o...
Cumulus Media Nov 09, 2017









