Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Texas bathroom bill could expose secrets of transgender kids
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Schools in Texas could be forced to reveal the identities of some transgender students under a bill headed for passage in the state Legislature. Some schools have quietly ag...
May 23, 2017
Texas’ ‘Second-Chance’ Bill would Seal Some Criminal Records
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Legislature is moving closer to approving a bipartisan law letting some first-time, low-level offenders seal their criminal records – keeping them from being...
May 22, 2017
11 Arrested in Denton County Human Trafficking Operation
DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – 11 people were arrested in Denton County last weekend in connection with a human trafficking operation. The bust was part of a joint operation between the Denton...
May 22, 2017
West Dallas Residents Forced to Buy Home or Move Out
Residents of a West Dallas neighborhood are being forced to buy the home they are renting or move out. HMK LTD. is co-owned by Khraish Khraish, the property manager responsible for the re-development ...
May 22, 2017
DFW International Airport Receives Fallen Soldier Cart
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas/Fort Worth International airport is now home to a Fallen Soldier Cart. It was built by a team of technicians to allow all airlines flying from DFW to transport t...
May 22, 2017
Demoted Fort Worth Police Officer Calls for Chief to Resign
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – One of the two Fort Worth police officers demoted last Friday for allegedly leaking body-camera footage of an incident involving a white officer arresting a black m...
May 22, 2017
Dallas Asks Citizens to Weigh In on Police Chief Qualities
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The City of Dallas is asking residents to weigh in on what to look for in a new police chief. A new online survey was released today, asking citizens to select their to...
May 22, 2017
More Legal Coverage Headed to Religious Adoption Agencies as Bill Passes Senate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’s Republican-controlled Legislature has pushed closer to law a bill that allows publicly-funded foster care and adoption agencies to refuse to place children wit...
May 22, 2017
Texas House Passes “Bathroom Bill”
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers have revived a more narrowly focused version of a transgender “bathroom bill” like the one in North Carolina that sparked a national backlash, bu...
May 22, 2017
Texas House approves guidelines for self-driving cars
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas House has approved safety standards for self-driving cars, hoping to better regulate technology that’s already been tested on the streets of the state capita...
May 22, 2017
