Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Late Night Party Causes Floor Collapse at Denton Student Apartment
Courtesy: Dallas Morning News DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The floor of a third-level apartment gave way early Sunday morning in Denton during a crowded party. Cell phone video posted to social media sh...
Cumulus Media Nov 12, 2017

Argument Leads to Deadly Shooting Outside Dallas Night Club
DALLAS(WBAP/KLIF) - One man is dead and three others were injured after gunfire erupted outside the Emerald City night club in Dallas early Saturday morning. Dallas Police say just before 2 a.m. an ar...
Cumulus Media Nov 11, 2017

SWAT Team Member Injured After Accidental Gun Discharge
DALLAS(WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas SWAT Officer was injured after his rifle went off during the execution of a search warrant. Dallas Police say the SWAT team member was searching a house on the city’s...
Cumulus Media Nov 11, 2017

Garland Fire Spokesman Arrested On Drug Charges
GARLAND(WBAP/KLIF)- A Garland Fire Department employee is facing felony drug charges. Garland Fire Department spokesman Merrill Balanciere was taken into custody Thursday morning after narcotics detec...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Sales Increase For Plano Based Retailer
PLANO, Texas (AP) – J.C. Penney is reporting its first bump in same-store sales in more than a year and losses were not as bad as expected, sending shares up 8 percent before the opening bell. T...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Residents of Texas town feel helpless after church shooting
Candlelight vigil in Sutherland SpringsWFAA photo via YouTube SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) - Volunteers donated blood at a community hall and others stocked the refrigerator and laid out loaves of b...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Americans are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – According to the federal agency that runs the signup platform for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance program widely known as “Obamacare,” the pac...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Two north Texas men are going to prison for diamond fraud
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two north Texas residents are going to prison for running a diamond investment scam. Craig Otteson and Jay Heimburger each pleaded guilty in July to defrauding investors in ...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

Nine suspected members of the Bloods street gang have been indicted
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal grand jury has returned an eleven count indictment against nine suspected members of the Bloods street gang. The nine suspects are all residents of Cedar Hill, and...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017

A north Texas I.D. thief is going to prison
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An admitted criminal who was originally from Cuba has been sentenced in Dallas for ID theft and credit card fraud. Roberto Saavedra has been in jail since he was arrested a ...
Cumulus Media Nov 10, 2017









