Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Winner in Texas Education Runoff Thanks Rival
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The winner of a Texas education board runoff says he thinks Republican voters in March simply weren’t paying attention when they nearly nominated a retired schoolteach...
Cumulus Media May 25, 2016

Gator Found at Dallas School
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Quite a surprise for a Dallas patrol officer. Early Wednesday morning he spotted a six-to-seven foot alligator on the grounds of Steam middle school on South Polk street nea...
Cumulus Media May 25, 2016

Upset in Tarrant County Sheriff’s Race
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A surprise in the republican run-off for Tarrant county sheriff. Unofficial results show former Dalworthington Gardens police chief Bill Waybourn beating incumbent Dee A...
Cumulus Media May 25, 2016

Near Capacity Crowd Sounds Off Over FWISD’s Restroom Policy for Transgendered Students
Dozens of people turn out to oppose, and support, the FWISD’s restroom guidelines FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – It was an almost-capacity crowd at the Fort Worth Independent School Distric...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016

A Bouncing Baby Boy…All 150 Pounds of Him
The Dallas Zoo welcomes a new baby elephant calf…but this isn’t him DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The elephant family at the Dallas Zoo is growing…one of the five elephants rescued...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016
Baylor University Refuses Comment Over Reports its President has been Fired
(WBAP/KLIF) – Baylor University will not comment on reports that its President Kenneth Starr has been fired following a sexual assault scandal involving football players. In a statement, Baylor ...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016

LGBT Group Wants Dallas to Cut Ties with First Baptist Church
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A local LGBT group is asking the City of Dallas to sever ties with First Baptist Church. The Resource Center says it is appalled at comments made by Pastor Robert Jeffress on t...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016
Convicted Child Molester Gets 35 Years
CELINA (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man from Celina has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison without a chance for early release. Ubaldo Zapuche-Landaverde, 37, was found guilty of repeate...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016
Man Charged in Dallas Shooting of Iraqi Man Convicted
DALLAS (AP) – An 18-year-old man has been convicted of killing of an Iraqi man taking photos of his first snowfall in Texas. Nykerion Nealon was convicted of murder in the death of Ahmed Al-Juma...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016
Convicted Killer in 1996 Kerrville Slaying Set to Die
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A convicted killer on death row for a January 1996 fatal robbery in the Texas Hill Country is set to die later this summer. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesma...
Cumulus Media May 24, 2016









