Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas City Council Approves Sale of Confederate Statue to Dallas Law Firm
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council has approved the sale of the Robert E. Lee Confederate statue removed from a Dallas Park in 2017. The 1935 Alexander Proctor sculpture of the Confede...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

Oncor Storm Update: Power Restored to More Than 340,000 Customers
DALLAS, Texas, June 12, 2019 - On Wednesday evening, less than 8,000 power outages remain and crews are continuing to work to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. After days of round-the-c...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

Suspected Dallas Serial Killer Charged in Murder of Muhlaysia Booker
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department said Wednesday that a suspected serial killer is linked to at least one recent death in a string of transgender murders. According to DPD, on Ma...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

Grapevine Police Honors Fallen Officer, Killed by Drunk Driver 15 Years Ago
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Grapevine Police Department honors fallen officer Darren Medlin who was struck and killed by a drunk driver 15 years ago. To mark this year’s anniversary, the departme...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

USPS Honors Bush 41 with “Forever Stamp”
Photo: USPS COLLEGE STATION (AP) - Friends and family of former President George H.W. Bush gathered in Texas to mark the first day of issue for the U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring him. The event wa...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

Police Groups Call for Removal of Dallas Police Chief
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Police groups are asking for the removal of Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall amid a recent increase in violent crime and what the groups call “a lack of leadership.&...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

President Trump Exerts Executive Privilege Over Documents in Census Question Battle
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege over documents related to the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Th...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

Governor Abbott Signs ‘Monumental’ Law Boosting Texas’ Lagging Teacher Pay
Gov. Greg Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law teacher raises and a sweeping overhaul of how the state pays to educate more than 5 million students in public sc...
Cumulus Media Jun 12, 2019

Fort Worth Police Search for ‘Armed and Dangerous’ Man Last Seen Leaving Baylor Hospital
Fort Worth Police are looking for a suspicious man who was last seen leaving the Fort Worth Baylor Hospital. Officer Brad Perez said the man was holding a weapon when leaving the hospital and was head...
Cumulus Media Jun 11, 2019

Judge Sets Conditions in Richardson Father’s Capital Murder Trial
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Conditions of the capital murder trial in the case against a richardson father were set by a Dallas County Judge Tuesday. Wesley Matthews’ trial is set to begin June 2...
Cumulus Media Jun 11, 2019









