Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Rex Tillerson Leaves Exxon Mobile Ahead of Confirmation Hearings
(WBAP/KLIF) – President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the State Department has taken a major step toward getting confirmed by the senate next week. Rex Tillerson is parting ways from...
Jan 04, 2017
Judge Asks if Texas Fetal Remains Rules Override Current Law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge appears to be casting doubt on the legality of new Texas rules requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains, questioning whether they override existing sta...
Jan 04, 2017
Carter Blood Care Asks Public for Donations due to Critical Shortage
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Carter Blood Care is asking the community to step in and help replenish its’ life-saving blood bank, which it said is dangerously low. The organization’s Li...
Jan 04, 2017
Hiring Dallas Officers Will be a Difficult Task
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A plan to hire more than 450 Dallas police officers will be very difficult, according to city manager A.C. Gonzalez. Officers have been leaving the city’s force in droves...
Jan 04, 2017
Teen Pinned Down at McKinney Pool Party Sues Former Officer
Then-McKinney Police Officer Eric Casebolt seen on cell phone video pinning a black teen to the ground after a pool party in June. McKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The family of a bikini-clad teen wh...
Jan 04, 2017
Inmate Dies After Jailhouse Fight
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – An inmate in the Dallas County Jail died after getting into a fight with his cellmate. New charges are expected to be filed against Patrick Martin in Javier Leal’...
Jan 04, 2017
Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting in Allen
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Rangers are looking into an officer-involved shooting in Allen that killed a man from Plano. Police were called to check on a suspicious vehicle in the 700 blo...
Jan 04, 2017
A Facebook Argument Leads to Shooting in Allen
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – A days-old argument between two groups of people that escalated on Facebook led to a shooting Allen Tuesday night. The Allen Police Department said that disagreement was...
Jan 04, 2017
Arlington Working to Approve Senior Center Project for Bond Election
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Arlington City Council will ask voters to fund a $37.7 million senior center. The “Arlington Active Adult Center” would be built at the Pierce Burch ...
Jan 04, 2017
Toyota’s Kentucky HQ to Shut Down; Workers to Relocate to Plano
ERLANGER, Ky. (AP) – Toyota is beginning to move hundreds of jobs out of its northern Kentucky headquarters as part of a nationwide consolidation. The Kentucky Enquirer reports that workers have...
Jan 04, 2017
