Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Hurricane Harvey Cost the Airlines Millions of Dollars
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The onslaught of Hurricane Harvey disrupted air travel throughout a large part of the United States, and cost the airlines millions of dollars. Dallas based Southwest Airlin...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2017

Middle School Teacher Indicted for an Improper Relationship with a Student
Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF) – A Grand Prairie teacher who was arrested six months ago for an improper relationship with a student was indicted Wednesday by a Dallas County grand jury. was a specia...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2017

Temporary Restraining Order Halts the Removal of Robert E. Lee Statue in Dallas’ Lee Park
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The removal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Lee Park has been stopped after a temporary restraining order was filed in Dallas County. The Dallas C...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

Texas Attorney General’s Wife Announces Run for State Senate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The wife of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching her own political career and running for a state senate seat once held by her husband. Angela Paxton ma...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

Relatively Low Harvey Death Toll is ‘Astounding’ to Experts
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Harvey has so far killed at least 70 people. Experts say that surprisingly low toll shows that people heeded warnings, that first responders and volunteers acted quickly and...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

House Passes Almost $8 Billion Hurricane Harvey Relief Package
(CNN) — The House approved Wednesday an initial $7.9 billion package of disaster relief funds in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, while Senate leaders appear likely to attach the bill to a politica...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

Zeke Will Play In Cowboys’ Season Opener
Dallas (AP) – Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has lost the appeal of his six-game suspension. Arbitrator Harold Henderson made the decision on Tuesday following a 2 1/2-day hearing l...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

One bite of Whataburger makes a NYC firefighter eat his words
NYC Fire Department Lt. Thomas Carrera DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — It shouldn’t surprise Texans to learn that people in the rest of the country consider us braggarts. They tend to be skeptic...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

President Trump Cancels September Visit to Dallas
. DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — President Trump has canceled an upcoming trip to Dallas. He was set to visit on September 27 for a 2020 campaign fundraiser, where ticket prices ranged from $2,700 to...
Cumulus Media Sep 06, 2017

Baylor settles lawsuit that alleged ‘culture of violence’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Baylor University has settled a lawsuit filed by a former student woman who said she was gang raped by two football players and alleged the program at the nation’s lar...
Cumulus Media Sep 05, 2017









