Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
SWAT Team Surrounds Haltom City Home After Ex-Husband Barricades Himself Inside
Courtesy: WFAA-TV (Mike Forbes) HALTOM CITY (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Haltom City home was the center of an hours-long standoff early Tuesday morning. Police went to the home off Denton Highway short...
Jul 18, 2017
Feds Take Over Texas National Guard Mission Along Border
Courtesy: CNN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The billions of dollars that Texas has spent on border security in recent years will no longer include a lengthy Texas National Guard deployment. Republ...
Jul 18, 2017
Texas Special Legislative Session Begins Today
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A 30-day special legislative session begins today in Austin, where lawmakers will try to power through 20 bills Governor Greg Abbott has made a top priority. Lieutenant...
Jul 18, 2017
Abbott calls property tax relief a top priority for special session
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Cutting property taxes in Texas is a top priority for Governor Greg Abbott in the special session getting underway Tuesday in Austin. That is one of several items up for deb...
Jul 17, 2017
Tarrant County Confirms First West Nile-Related Death
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Tarrant County Public Health has reported its first West Nile-related death of the 2017 season. The person was a senior citizen and had previous health conditio...
Jul 17, 2017
Transgender Activist’s Photo with Governor Abbott Goes Viral
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A transgender Texan has posted an all-smiles picture with Gov. Greg Abbott to protest a “bathroom bill” that state lawmakers will again consider during a special...
Jul 17, 2017
Sam Johnson running for Sam Johnson’s Congressional Seat
Courtesy: Sam Johnson (D) campaign Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano Attorney and Democrat Sam Johnson is hoping to replace longtime 3rd District Republican Congressman Sam Johnson when the 89-year-old ...
Jul 17, 2017
Garth Brooks Offers to Pay for Newly Engaged North Texas Couple’s Honeymoon at Concert
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A North Texas man proposed to his girlfriend at a Garth Brooks concert in Oklahoma this weekend — but it’s what happened after the proposal that is grabbing...
Jul 17, 2017
Federal government pays Texas counties to track immigrants
CNN photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Several Texas counties have found a way to profit from working with federal immigration officials in tracking and detaining immigrants who are living in the countr...
Jul 17, 2017
Glenn Heights City Councilman Arrested on Child Sex Counts
GLENN HEIGHTS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Glenn Heights city councilman has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child. Sidney Davis, 47, was booked last Thursday. He’s also facing a...
Jul 17, 2017
