Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Bathroom Bill to Be Filed in Texas
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick will announce the filing of the Privacy Protection Act in Austin on Thursday afternoon. Senate Bill 6 would require transgender pe...
Jan 5, 2017
Sen. Cruz Wants Term Limits
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a measure that would set term limits on members of Congress. Cruz is working with a Republican representative from Florida. Th...
Jan 5, 2017
Texas Bracing for Potential of Wintry Mix
ATLANTA (AP) – Forecasters say a winter storm system could blanket much of the South with a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow from Texas all the way east to the Carolinas. Even parts of the dee...
Jan 5, 2017
Dallas County Sues to Suppress Records on Jail Lobby Death
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas County is suing the state to keep under wraps records on a man’s death after a struggle with deputies in the county jail lobby. The Dallas County grand jury had declin...
Jan 5, 2017
Rex Tillerson Leaves Exxon Mobile Ahead of Confirmation Hearings
(WBAP/KLIF) – President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the State Department has taken a major step toward getting confirmed by the senate next week. Rex Tillerson is parting ways from...
Jan 4, 2017
Judge Asks if Texas Fetal Remains Rules Override Current Law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge appears to be casting doubt on the legality of new Texas rules requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains, questioning whether they override existing sta...
Jan 4, 2017
Carter Blood Care Asks Public for Donations due to Critical Shortage
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Carter Blood Care is asking the community to step in and help replenish its’ life-saving blood bank, which it said is dangerously low. The organization’s Li...
Jan 4, 2017
Hiring Dallas Officers Will be a Difficult Task
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A plan to hire more than 450 Dallas police officers will be very difficult, according to city manager A.C. Gonzalez. Officers have been leaving the city’s force in droves...
Jan 4, 2017
Teen Pinned Down at McKinney Pool Party Sues Former Officer
Then-McKinney Police Officer Eric Casebolt seen on cell phone video pinning a black teen to the ground after a pool party in June. McKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of a bikini-clad teen wh...
Jan 4, 2017
Inmate Dies After Jailhouse Fight
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – An inmate in the Dallas County Jail died after getting into a fight with his cellmate. New charges are expected to be filed against Patrick Martin in Javier Leal’...
Jan 4, 2017
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