Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Congressman Cuellar of Texas Indicted
Courtesy House.govWASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Dep...
May 03, 2024
April Jobs Report Shows Employers Pulling Back on Hiring
(WBAP/KLIF) — WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's employers pulled back on their hiring in April, adding a modest 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to take ...
May 03, 2024
Opal Lee to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
(WBAP/KLIF) — In 2021 President Joe Biden designated Juneteenth as a national holiday, realizing the efforts of Fort Worth resident Opal Lee.Now, the 97-year-old has been selected to be one of 1...
May 03, 2024
Johnson County Jury Sentences Jerry Elders to Death Row for Shooting Burleson Cop, Killing Carjacking Victim
JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The North Texas man convicted of shooting a Burleson police officer and killing a woman he carjacked in 2021 has been sentenced to death row. A Johnson County ...
May 03, 2024
Police Not Filing Charges Against Cowboys QB Dak Prescott
Cowboys QB Dak PrescottPhoto courtesy WFAA(WBAP/KLIF) – Last February, a woman filed a lawsuit accusing Dak Prescott of sexually assaulting her in 2017, and then filed a report seven years later...
May 02, 2024
Texas DPS Troopers Move In To Bust Up Anti-War Demonstrators; University of Texas at Dallas.
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas state troopers with Department of Public Safety are moving in to the University of Texas at Dallas campus to break up a pro-Palestinian demonstration rallying ...
May 01, 2024
USGS Reports Two Minor Earthquakes Near Mansfield
Courtesy Dept. of the InteriorMANSFIELD (WBAP/KLIF) – The US Geological Survey is reporting two earthquakes that struck near Mansfield Wednesday but there are no reports of damage as the first r...
May 01, 2024
Drug Cartels Testing New, Deadlier Street Drug Additives
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas.Exclusive to WBAP/KLIF News.DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – An explosion of emergency calls for help with overdoses and eight related deaths in ...
May 01, 2024
Fed Keeps Interest Rate at Two-Decade High
(Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn't pl...
May 01, 2024
Southlake Carroll High School, Senior High School Closed Due to Campus Threat
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Classes are canceled at Southlake Carroll High School and Carroll Senior High School on Wednesday after the district received a tip about a potential threat.Carroll...
May 01, 2024
