Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Miscalculation contributes to Dallas County Budget Shortfall
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A miscalculation in property taxes has led to a shortfall in the Dallas County budget. At Tuesday’s Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting Budget Director Ryan Brow...
Cumulus Media Jun 20, 2017

Dallas newsstand operator pleads guilty to cashing $16 million in fraudulent checks
DALLAS (AP) – Officials say a Texas businessman faces up to 10 years in prison for using his Dallas newsstand to cash more than $16 million of fraudulent government checks. Prosecutors on Monday...
Cumulus Media Jun 20, 2017
AG Paxton Joins 10-State Coalition Supporting Sanctuary Cities Executive Order
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas joined a 10-state coalition filing an amicus brief supporting the constitutionality of President Trump's Executive Order reg...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017

Tarrant County Reporting First Human Case of West Nile
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County is reporting the first North Texas West Nile human case of the year. The case is out of Fort Worth and is the lesser serious West Nile Fever, not the seve...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017

George P. Bush Seeking Re-election in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – George P. Bush is seeking re-election as Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to continue running a little-known but powerful agency in a state where his political-dyna...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017

Dallas Police Searching for Suspect in Recent Murder at Popular Dallas Apartment Complex
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are searching for a man they believe stabbed and killed a man and injured his ex-boyfriend at a popular Dallas apartment complex. Investigators said on Ju...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017

Former North Korea Detainee Otto Warmbier Dies
(CNN) — Otto Warmbier, the college student who returned to the United States last week after 17 months of detention in North Korea, died Monday afternoon, his family said in a statement. “...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017

Frisco School Board Considering Budget with Pay-To-Play Fee for Student Athletes
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Frisco School District will decide Monday night whether or not to adopt a budget that would force student athletes to pay to play. The budget calls them operational...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017

Bounty hunters in Greenville were shooting for a $3,000 reward
GREENVILLE, Texas - Two bounty hunters killed in a point-blank shootout with a Minnesota fugitive at a Texas car dealership were offered $3,000 to apprehend the felon, according to a police report. Pr...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2017
A 10-Year Old Girl From Texas Drowns In Oklahoma
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) -A 10-year old girl from Texas drowns in the Red River in Southeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the 10-year old girl was from Texarkana, and she was not weari...
Cumulus Media Jun 18, 2017









