Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Manhunt for Escaped Inmate Underway in Ellis County
ELLIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A manhunt is underway for an inmate who has escaped from the Ellis County Jail Monday. Authorities are searching for 67-year-old David Weldon Rowe, who was being ...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

President H.W. Bush Celebrates 93rd Birthday
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush is celebrating his 93rd birthday with family on the Maine coast. Bush was planning a low-key celebration Monday with his wife, Barba...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

Governor Abbott Signs Texas’ $217B budget, Cuts $120M with Vetoes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a 2018-2019 state budget worth around $217 billion, but vetoed about $120 million in planned expenditures. Squeezed by the oil price slu...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

Orlando Marks Anniversary of Pulse Nightclub Massacre
Courtesy of CNN ORLANDO, Fla. (WBAP/KLIF News) – On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured dozens more at Pulse Nightclub, popular spot for the gay community in Orlando, Florida...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

9th Circuit Deals Trump Travel Ban Another Defeat
In President Trump’s revised travel ban, foreign nationals who are outside the US from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen (without any valid visa) for 90 days. (CNN) — Another fe...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

Expert Says Runoff Election Results Demonstrate Unease Among Voters
Residents took to the polls over the weekend and voted out three Dallas City Council incumbents who publicly supported Mayor Mike Rawlings. SMU Political Science Professor Cal Jillson said the runoff ...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

Another Van Cliburn competition is in the bag
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – South Korea’s Yekwon Sunwoo has won the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which is one of the top showcases for the world’s best pianists. Th...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017

Texas Mulls Non-Jail Options for Those Who Can’t Pay Fines
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas locks up more people who can’t afford to pay tickets and fines than any other state. That could change if Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signs off on bipartisan bil...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017
Armed protesters stand guard over Sam Houston memorial
HOUSTON (AP) - Hundreds of individuals, some armed, gathered at a Houston park to protest what they believe are efforts to remove a statue of Texas hero Sam Houston because he owned slaves. There hasn...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2017
A Texas Corrections Officer Is Dead After An Inmate Confrontation
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The death of a Corrections Officer at a Central Texas Women’s Prison, has triggered an investigation. Officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are in...
Cumulus Media Jun 11, 2017









