Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A spokesman for public corruption investigators in Texas says they’ve opened a case into the state’s agriculture chief, who reportedly used taxpayer dollars to t...

CARROLLTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents in Carrollton are relieved to finally hear some silence around some train crossings. That from Carrollton Mayor Matthew Marchant who says now nine more crossin...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former Baylor University football player Shawn Oakman, a prospect in the upcoming NFL draft, has been arrested on a charge of sexually assaulting a woman at his Texas apartm...

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The teenager who killed four people in a drunken-driving crash has been ordered to spend two years in jail. A judge ordered Ethan Couch to serve 180 days in jail for eac...

ODESSA, Texas (AP) – Police have arrested a woman suspected of stealing a ring from a corpse at a Texas funeral home in an incident captured on surveillance video. Odessa police on Tuesday arres...

IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – Opponents of a proposed ordinance regulating how many chickens homeowners in Irving can have on their property are crying “fowl.” Another public hearing on ...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Lawyers for an auto mechanic in Dallas are taking their arguments to City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Rezoning on Ross Avenue would force Hinga Mbogo to close his shop...

Photograph courtesy of the Tarrant County Jail. Update (11:30 a.m.) – Tarrant County Judge Wayne Salvant orders Ethan Couch to serve four consecutive 180 day sentences in the Tarrant County Jail...

Image courtesy of the City of Allen. ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Allen is celebrating the completion of a $4.5 million construction project that extends Montgomery Boulevard and connect...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he is excited about the plan to eventually close down Tent City. In a statement, Rawlings says the first objective is to offer direct service...