Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

On the Campaign Trail: A Political Triple Header in McKinney Today
(Collin County GOP) McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A trio of big name Texas Republicans will be on the campaign trail in McKinney on this Labor Day. Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz, and Attor...
Cumulus Media Sep 3, 2018

Trump plans to help one-time rival Cruz in Texas campaign
WFAA photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - President Donald Trump says he'll ride to the rescue of one-time bitter rival Sen. Ted Cruz this fall, the strongest indication yet that the Texas conservative firebran...
Cumulus Media Sep 3, 2018

Police Reports Detail O’Rourke’s ’98 Drunken-Driving Arrest
HOUSTON (AP) – Police documents reveal previously unreported details about a decades-old drunken-driving arrest of Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. O’Rourke has long...
Cumulus Media Sep 3, 2018

A Deadly Dispute Over Neighborhood Trash
ABILENE, Texas (AP) – A West Texas man has been fatally shot and a father and son were arrested on murder charges over what a police chief calls a neighborhood dispute about trash. Abilene polic...
Cumulus Media Sep 2, 2018

A Dallas woman arrested for drugs is now charged with murder
Greenville (WBAP/KLIF) – A 19 year old Dallas woman who was arrested in Bexar County on drug charges out of Hunt County is now in jail in Greenville charged with a Dallas murder. After McKaylee ...
Cumulus Media Sep 2, 2018

One Man Dead in Arlington Officer Involved Shooting
UPDATED: September 2, 2018 ARLINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) -A man allegedly shot and killed by Arlington Police during a traffic stop on Saturday, has been identified. The Tarrant County Medical Examine...
Cumulus Media Sep 1, 2018

Allegedly Murderous Nurse Faces Capital Murder Charges
TYLER – (Associated Press) – Capital murder charges are now added to three aggravated assault charges against a former East Texas nurse, accused of causing the deaths of hospital patients....
Cumulus Media Sep 1, 2018

Dallas Cowboys Tight End Rico Gathers Allegedly Arrested for Possession of Marijuana
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas cowboys tight end, Rico Gathers was allegedly arrested for possession of marijuana Friday night. Officer James Willis with Frisco Police said officers made conta...
Cumulus Media Sep 1, 2018

A New Approach to Raise Minimum Wage & Require Paid Sick Leave in Michigan Before the November Election
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan Republicans may use a new tactic to stymie a pair of ballot initiatives that would raise the minimum wage and require paid sick leave: adopt the laws themselves ah...
Cumulus Media Sep 1, 2018

Millions of Dollars Needed for Safe & Healthy Schools Initiative
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Education Agency is asking lawmakers for $54 million to pay for school safety initiatives in a request just months after deadly gunfire on a campus. The Houston Ch...
Cumulus Media Sep 1, 2018









