Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Today is North Texas Giving Day
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — North Texans will rally today to help fund local non-profits. Thursday, September 14 is North Texas Giving day — a tradition that began in 2009 and has grown each...
Cumulus Media Sep 14, 2017

Teenager, Parents Hospitalized After Overnight Fire in Fort Worth
Courtesy: WFAA-TV FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — A family of three from South Fort Worth is in the hospital after house caught late Wednesday night. The Fort Worth Fire Department says they got t...
Cumulus Media Sep 14, 2017

The Dallas City Council is improving security at Police Department headquarters
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council agreed Wednesday to spend nearly $2 million improving security at the Police Department’s headquarters. It did so more than two years after the...
Cumulus Media Sep 14, 2017

Warrant Issued in Gas Station Murder Case
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A capital murder warrant has been issued for 17-year-old Jayden Blanton, accused of fatally shooting a man outside of a gas station near Executive Airport on August 20....
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017

Federal Bureau of Prisons Under Fire for Reportedly Not Evacuating Beaumont Prisoners During Harvey
BEAUMONT (WBAP/KLIF News) – Concern is growing from some state and local leaders about prisoners who reportedly were never evacuated from federal prisons in Beaumont during and after Tropical St...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017

Dallas Police Investigating the Murder of 71-Year-Old Woman
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas Police are investigating the murder of an elderly woman, who was found dead inside her home Wednesday morning. The department’s Homicide Unit responded to ...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017

Senator Cornyn Calls Harvey Relief Package a Down Payment
(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn says the money approved by Congress to help in the hurricane relief effort in Southeast Texas is only the beginning. Cornyn called the federal aid a down paymen...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017

Bernie Sanders Introduces New ‘Medicare for All” Bill
(CNN) — When Sen. Bernie Sanders did this in 2013, he did it alone. On Wednesday, nearly four years later, Sanders introduced a new “Medicare for all” health care bill with a third o...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017

‘Harvey the Hurricane Hawk’ Released in North Texas
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Houston area hawk who received national attention after finding safety in a taxi cab during Hurricane Harvey is back in the wild. After going through rehabilitation in No...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017

The Supreme Court Puts Texas Political Maps on Hold
TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The United States Supreme Court handed a win to Republicans in Texas by putting rulings on hold that found electoral districts drawn by state lawmakers discriminatory ag...
Cumulus Media Sep 13, 2017









