Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Judge Throws Out Exxxotica Lawsuit Against Dallas
(WBAP/KLIF) – A U.S. District Judge has thrown out a lawsuit from the producers of the Exxxotica convention against the City of Dallas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is applauding the decisi...
Cumulus Media May 12, 2017

Man Shot by Dallas Police Officer During Fight for Taser
Photo Courtesy of WFAA TV A man is in stable condition after being shot by a Dallas Police Officer when he tried to grab the Officer’s taser. Assistant Dallas Police Chief Randy Blakenbaker said...
Cumulus Media May 12, 2017

Texas Senates votes to bar college ‘free speech zones’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Senate has given preliminary approval to barring universities from establishing so-called “free speech zones” which are sometimes used to confine demon...
Cumulus Media May 12, 2017
Scorpion on United Flight
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) A United Flight out of Houston was delayed after a scorpion was spotted on board. The flight to Ecuador returned to the gate after crew members reported the arachnid crawled o...
Cumulus Media May 12, 2017

Mormons packing up camp and leaving the Boy Scouts
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) — Thousands of Mormons are leaving the Boy Scouts of America in order to create their own program. Thursday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints announced that...
Cumulus Media May 12, 2017

Texas Inspector General Resigns
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The former watchdog over U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq has been forced out of a powerful Texas job after he moonlighted as a consultant for the Iraq government. A spok...
Cumulus Media May 11, 2017

Optimism Grows over Possible Agreement to Save Dallas Pension System
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas state lawmakers are reporting major progress Thursday in an agreement to fix the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the news follow...
Cumulus Media May 11, 2017

US Justice Department to Probe Police Shooting of Texas Teen
DALLAS (AP) – A spokeswoman for the Dallas County prosecutor says the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a black 15-year-old by a white police offic...
Cumulus Media May 11, 2017

North Lake College Holds Vigil in Memory of Janeera Gonzalez
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – Family and students gathered outside the library at North Lake College Thursday afternoon for a vigil for the student killed in a murder suicide on campus last week. Ja...
Cumulus Media May 11, 2017

Former Deloitte employee sentenced for trying to kill his boss in Southlake
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF) — A former Deloitte & Touche account manager accused of stealing from the company and trying to kill his former boss in Southlake has been sentenced to 20 years in pris...
Cumulus Media May 11, 2017









