Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Texas lawmaker wants to raise the age of adult prosecutions
AUSTIN, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) — Texas lawmakers are considering whether to stop prosecuting 17-year-olds as adults. Houston area Rep. Gene Wu has a bill that would increase the age of adult pro...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

NFL Issues Sharp Warning about Texas Bathroom Bill
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The NFL is expressing sharper warnings about a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender persons than statements prior to the Super Bowl in Houston. NFL spokes...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017
Mean pimp to spend long time in prison
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – A convicted Plano pimp has been sentenced to forty years in prison. The Collin County District Attorney’s office says the sentence was imposed on Johnta Silverburg for ...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

Mayor Rawlings Says Dallas is Not a Sanctuary City
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says, “No,” Dallas is not a sanctuary city. The Mayor making comments on Dallas County’s passing of the “Welcoming Communi...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

The Great Texas Warrant Roundup is underway
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The 11th annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup is getting underway this weekend. More than 300 agencies across DFW and the state are looking for scofflaws who have unpaid traf...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

Two adults, child shot to death in Navarro County
Navarro County CORSICANA, Texas (AP) – Three people - two adults and an 8-year-old girl - have been found shot dead in a North Central Texas home in what deputies are investigating as a double h...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017
Pennsylvania lawmaker derides President Trump for Texas related comments
Philadelphia (AP) – A Pennsylvania state senator has used a profanity-laced tweet to defend a fellow state lawmaker in Texas after President Donald Trump joked about destroying the unnamed lawma...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

Dallas Police looking for Deep Ellum assault suspect
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – On Monday, January 30, 2017, at about 10:15 p.m., the victim and his friend were leaving the Cold Beer Company, located at 3600 Main Street in Deep Ellum, when they were app...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

State Fair of Texas Chipping in for Fair Park Renovations
DALLAS (WBAP & KLIF News) — The State Fair of Texas is kicking in a large chunk of money to help renovate Fair Park. The fair is giving the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department a minimum o...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017

IKEA Adds Third Store to Metroplex
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) IKEA fans in the western half of the DFW area will no longer have to drive to Frisco or go online to buy their furniture. The Swedish retailer has announced it will build a 289,...
Cumulus Media Feb 10, 2017









