Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Task Force: Robert E. Lee Statue Should Be Relocated
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas mayor’s task force has decided what to do with the Robert E. Lee statue. The group voted almost unanimously Tuesday night to recommend moving the statu...
Sep 20, 2017
Texas House Speaker Wants State Preservation Board to Remove Capitol Plaque Honoring Confederate Army
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Speaker of the Texas House wants the state’s preservation board to take down a plaque at the capitol that honors people who enlisted in the Confederate Army. ...
Sep 19, 2017
Central Mexico Earthquake Kills More than 100, Topples Buildings
Mexico (CNN/AP/WBAP) – The governor of the central Mexican state of Morelos said at least 119 people have been killed in the magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck the city of Puebla, just south o...
Sep 19, 2017
Plano Vigil Held to Shed Light on Domestic Violence Following Mass Shooting
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A vigil Wednesday night in Plano will honor the people killed in a mass shooting earlier this month and shed light on domestic violence. The Junior League of Collin County is...
Sep 19, 2017
Dallas City Councilman Concerned About State Fair Security and the Dallas Police Department
Photograph courtesy of the State Fair of Texas. DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas city councilman is concerned about money and safety because of the number of Dallas police officers who will wo...
Sep 19, 2017
READ: President Trump’s Speech to the United Nations General Assembly
(CNN) — The White House released this transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In the remarks, Trump delivered a doomsday warning to...
Sep 19, 2017
President Trump, White House Push the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill
(CNN Money) –President Donald Trump would sign the Graham-Cassidy bill if the legislation to repeal Obamacare makes it to his desk, an administration official told CNN Tuesday, as the White Hous...
Sep 19, 2017
‘Safe Babies’ Signs Going Back Up at All Dallas Fire Stations
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An abandoned baby left at a Dallas 7-Eleven convenience store prompted Dallas Fire Rescue to better mark its fire stations as ‘Safe Baby Sites.’ The ‘Safe ...
Sep 19, 2017
Commission Wants Ft. Worth to Reconsider Sanctuary Cities Lawsuit
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Human Relations Commission is asking the city council to reconsider its decision not to join a lawsuit against Texas’ ban on “sanctuary c...
Sep 19, 2017
TX Gov. Unclear About Trump View on Young Immigrants
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has few words about President Donald Trump’s plan for young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and living here illegally. Abb...
Sep 19, 2017
