Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Texas Education Agency Upgrades STAAR Procedures
WFAA Image DALLAS (AP) – Revamped technical efforts and nearly $20 million in improvements should help avoid prior glitches as standardized testing begins this week, Texas Education Agency offic...
Cumulus Media Mar 27, 2017

Hail Storms Strike Metroplex
Photo courtesy of Kacey Mahannah DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Severe weather slammed parts of North Texas Sunday evening as large hail and a possible small tornado wreaked havoc on parts of Denton count...
Cumulus Media Mar 26, 2017
Arlington considering tax breaks for UPS
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – UPS has told the city of Arlington it wants to create a regional shipping hub there, but wants a break on taxes to make it happen. The proposal goes to Arlington’s ...
Cumulus Media Mar 26, 2017
Little information on recording studio murder
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The body of a 38 year old man was found Saturday in his Oak Cliff area recording studio. He had been shot to death, but other than that police have released very little info...
Cumulus Media Mar 26, 2017
Armed robbery suspect caught at Hulen Mall
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police caught an armed robbery suspect Saturday hiding in the boiler room of a Macy’s store at Hulen Mall. The suspect reportedly had held up a Loan Sta...
Cumulus Media Mar 26, 2017

Charter Communications to Add Call Center in Texas
McAllen (WBAP/KLIF News) – Charter Communications has announced a plan to build a call center in McAllen. The move is part of the company’s plan to bring back all of its call centers from ...
Cumulus Media Mar 24, 2017

GOP Pulls Health Care Overhaul Off House Floor
. WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker Paul Ryan has abruptly pulled the Republicans’ troubled health care overhaul off the House floor. The decision was a humiliating setback for President Donald Tr...
Cumulus Media Mar 24, 2017

Dallas Zoo Brings Back Hippos for First Time since 2001
Courtesy: The Dallas Zoo DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas Zoo’s newest addition arrived in town this week. The zoo will be showcasing two new hippos starting late next month when it op...
Cumulus Media Mar 24, 2017

Arlington Entertainment District Expands
Courtesy Arlington ISD ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) The Arlington ISD has revealed the location of a new fine arts center and districtwide athletics complex. It will located on land near Division and Collins...
Cumulus Media Mar 24, 2017

Rick Perry Suggests Gay A&M Student Body President Stole Election
Energy Secretary Rick Perry CNN photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose agency oversees the nation’s nuclear arsenal, is inserting himself into an unusually sm...
Cumulus Media Mar 24, 2017









