Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Catholic Diocese Offers Relief to People Affected by Mexico City Earthquake
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Catholic Diocese of Dallas is providing relief to people affected by the deadly Mexico City earthquake, locally and in Mexico. Bishop Edward Burns is asking pastors to e...
Cumulus Media Sep 22, 2017

House Where Teenage Girl was Found Murdered, Cleared to be Demolished
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is moving forward with a plan to demolish the house where a 13-year-old Lancaster girl was murdered after being kidnapped earlier this year. Shavon Randle...
Cumulus Media Sep 22, 2017

A Convicted Child Predator has been Sentenced to Five Life Terms in Prison
Waxahachie (WBAP/KLIF) – An admitted child predator has been sentenced to five life terms in prison. 58 year old Dennis Avery pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting five children over a two-year ...
Cumulus Media Sep 22, 2017

Texas Asks Court to Allow its Ban on ‘Sanctuary Cities’
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Attorneys for Texas are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to let the state’s law banning “sanctuary cities” take effect. U.S. District Judge Orla...
Cumulus Media Sep 22, 2017

A Texas Congressman Says Hurricane Harvey’s Floods Were a Wake-Up Call
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas congressman Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has told a CNBC interview the floods that inundated large parts of southeast Texas fol...
Cumulus Media Sep 22, 2017

Police in the Collin County town of Josephine shot an angry man with an assault rifle
WFAA TV Photo Josephine (WBAP/KLIF) – An angry man with an assault rifle was shot Thursday in the small Collin County town of Josephine. Town officials were warned about mid-afternoon that a man...
Cumulus Media Sep 22, 2017

Dallas Basketball Star Raises Money for Puerto Rico
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A well known Dallas Mavericks star is raising money for his native Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria’s path through the U.S. Territory. J.J. Barea was born and rai...
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2017

New potential burden for Houston homeowners: higher taxes
HOUSTON (AP) – Many Houston residents affected by Hurricane Harvey could now be asked to shoulder an added financial burden: higher taxes on the same homes they are struggling to rebuild. Mayor ...
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2017

Officer-Involved Shooting at Josephine City Halll
WFAA TV Photo JOSEPHINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Rangers are investigating an officer-involved shooting following an incident Thursday at the City Hall in Josephine in eastern Collin County....
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2017

Attorney: Tests Show Aaron Hernandez Had CTE
(CNN) — Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL star who took his life while serving a murder sentence in prison, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — commonly known as CTE — attorney Jose...
Cumulus Media Sep 21, 2017









