Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Texas domestic violence cases rising sharply
HOUSTON (AP) - Domestic violence cases have sharply increased in Texas in recent years. Figures from the state Department of Public Safety show more than 214,000 wives, husbands, girlfriends and other...
Cumulus Media Nov 14, 2017

UNT Student Housing Complex Being Inspected After Floor in Unit Collapsed
Photo Courtesy of WFAA TV DENTON, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) – At least 50 students are now displaced after part of the floor in a third-story apartment collapsed during a homecoming party at an apa...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

Texas Sees Increase in Domestic Violence Reports
(AP) – Domestic violence cases have sharply increased in Texas in recent years. The Houston Chronicle reports that state figures show more than 214,000 wives, husbands, girlfriends and others we...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

Dallas Holiday Parade Gets Extension in Efforts to Raise Enough Money to Move Forward
Photo Courtesy of WFAA TV DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Organizers of the Dallas Holiday Parade have extended their deadline by 48 hours to come up with enough money to go forward with the annual ev...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

Dallas County Assistant District Attorney Fired Following Release of Recorded Argument with Uber Driver
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Assistant Dallas County District Attorney who was recorded arguing with an Uber driver has been fired. 32-year-old Jody Warner requested the ride late Friday night ...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

A Second Woman Accuses Alabama GOP Senate Candidate Roy Moore of Sexual Assault
(CNN) — An Alabama woman alleges Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, her attorney Gloria Allred said Monday. Allred said her client, Bev...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

Sherin Mathews 4-Year-Old Sister Will Leave Foster Care to Live with Extended Family Member
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – There are new developments in the custody for the family of slain Richardson toddler Sherin Mathews. A family court judge ruled Monday that Sherin’s four-year-old...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

Gov. Abbott Wants to Double State Guard
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to double the state’s unarmed guard forces, which were stretched thin by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath. The Republican announced Satu...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017

Sutherland Springs faithful return to Sunday services after mass murder
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of mourners crowded into the tiny town of Sutherland Springs for the first Sunday service since a gunman stormed the First Baptist Church a week earlier, kill...
Cumulus Media Nov 13, 2017
The Scene Of A Texas Shooting Transformed Into a Memorial
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – For the first time in a week, the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs opened its doors to the public today (Sunday). By 5 p.m., the inside of a Texas church that...
Cumulus Media Nov 12, 2017









