Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Feds Find More Lapses in TX Foster Care System
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal audit has heaped more criticism onto Texas’ troubled child welfare system that a federal judge ruled unconstitutional. The report published Tuesday by the in...
May 30, 2017
Abbott says he’ll decide this week whether to call a special legislative session
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Gov. Greg Abbott is leaving no doubt that the buck stops at his desk. In a Memorial Day news conference Abbott said he will announce later this week whether or not to c...
May 30, 2017
Fight Erupts on Texas House Floor During “Sanctuary Cities” Protests
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Hundreds of protesters opposing Texas’ tough new anti-“sanctuary cities” law launched a raucous demonstration from the public gallery in the Texas House on...
May 29, 2017
Suspect in Fatal Arlington Hit and Run Comes Forward
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The woman Arlington police believe is responsible for a fatal hit and run accident Monday morning has come forward. The accident happened right after a fatal wreck a...
May 29, 2017
State House Speaker Tired of Bathroom Bill
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ Republican House speaker says he won’t work anymore on a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people, putting the hotly debated legislation i...
May 29, 2017
State Legislature Approves Guns in School Parking Lots For Permit Holders
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers have voted to allow handgun permit holders to have guns in their parked cars outside schools. The Senate gave final approval to the measure Saturday, sending...
May 29, 2017
Texas colleges to allow anonymous reporting of sex crimes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Legislature has approved requiring Texas public and private universities to create anonymous online reporting tools for sexual assault victims. The bill by Austin ...
May 29, 2017
Texas Approves Overhauling A-F School Accountability System
Photo by Amy Chodroff AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Legislature has approved an overhaul of an academic accountability rating system that issues schools and school districts A to F lette...
May 29, 2017
An arrest has been made in Little Elm
LITTLE ELM – (WBAP/KLIF) An arrest has been made in a fight that led to a shooting in Little Elm on Friday night. The suspect, a 15-year-old boy is being held in the Denton County juvenile facil...
May 28, 2017
UPS truck driver killed by hit-and-run driver
Forney (WBAP/KLIF) – A UPS truck driver was killed by a hit and run driver early Saturday morning near Forney. His body was found lying on the Highway 80 pavement next to his parked 18 wheeler. ...
May 28, 2017
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