Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Transgender Texas wrestler wins second high school title
Mack Beggs, Euless Trinity High SchoolPhoto courtesy WFAA CYPRESS, Texas (AP) - For the second year in a row, a transgender wrestler has won the Texas girls' Class 6A 110-pound division. Mack Beggs, a...
Cumulus Media Feb 26, 2018

Texas Democrats claim Republicans are trying to suppress voting
Austin, Texas (AP) – Texas Democrats are accusing top Republicans of attempting to suppress voting in an unusual way as the state heads toward what will be the first primary in the U.S. this yea...
Cumulus Media Feb 24, 2018

Financial agent who ran Ponzi scheme going to prison
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Haltom City man will spend the next 25 years in prison for running Ponzi schemes in Tarrant County. Ronald Dunn admitted bilking more than $650,000 dollars from at lea...
Cumulus Media Feb 24, 2018

Dallas City Leaders Working to Take Guns Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas city leaders are working to take guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. The City of Dallas, the District Attorney’s Office, the Dallas Police Department and...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018

Dallas Resident Starts Petition to Keep NRA Convention out of Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Care2 petition is urging the city of Dallas to revoke the funds it put toward the National Rifle Association's annual convention, set to take place in the city in May. The...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018

Listen: Mayor Rawlings Explains NRA Comments on WBAP
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings joined WBAP’s Rick Roberts show Friday afternoon to explain his comments earlier this week about the National Rifle Association. Rawlings ha...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018

Residents Allowed To Return Home After Deadly Home Explosion
WFAA-TV UPDATED Saturday 4:30 p.m. (DALLAS)WBAP/KLIF- Atmos Energy is beginning to allow residents of a Northwest Dallas Neighborhood to return home after an explosion killed a 12-year-old girl Friday...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018

NBA Creates Hotline In Wake of Mavs Sex Harassment Scandal
UNDATED (AP) – The NBA is establishing a confidential hotline for league and team employees to report concerns about misconduct in their workplace. The move comes after a Sports Illustrated repo...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018

Pedestrian Gets Stranded in a Rising Creek While Going for a Walk
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue was able to pull a man to safety this morning after a passersby spotted him stranded in the risind water of a Dallas creek at I-75 and Forest Lane. WFAA-T...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018

Governor Abbott Spares Convicted Houston Killer From Execution
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott has agreed to spare a convicted killer from execution. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday ...
Cumulus Media Feb 22, 2018









