Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
North Texas School Districts Want State’s New Grading System Scrapped
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – School districts across Texas are calling on the state to ditch plans to give letter grades to campuses. Starting in 2018, Texas public schools and districts will be ...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
Woman Hit by Car in Bizarre Crash in Uptown
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in Dallas are looking for the driver who allegedly hit a woman with her car after a fight in Uptown early Wednesday morning. Investigators said it happened near ...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
Construction to Cause Headaches for Shoppers
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Drivers in the Plano area may have to find another route when heading to the Shops at Legacy over the next week. A portion of Legacy Drive, just west of the Dallas North...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
New Ruling in Dallas Police and Fire Pension Case
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund had the authority to change the interest rate on the deferred retirement option plan (DROP), according to a recent ruling by the...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016

Dallas Police Post Unique Ad on ‘Offer Up’
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – In an effort to slow down criminals using the app “Offer Up” to rob people when they meet to pick up the item being sold, the Dallas Police Department is ru...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016

Christmas Poster Fails to Survive School Board Vote
Photograph courtesy of Todd Starnes/foxnews.com KILLEEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Killeen Independent School District has voted to remove a poster that includes a passage from the Bible. A staff me...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
3 Arlington Students Arrested After Gun Confiscated
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Police say three students at a North Texas high school have been arrested after one of them was caught with a loaded gun. Arlington police Sgt. VaNessa Harrison said the ...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
Bishop in Alaska Appointed to Dallas Diocese
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Pope Francis has named an Alaska bishop to be the new bishop in Dallas. Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, will succeed Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Farrell left Dallas a...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
Gov. Abbott Doesn’t ‘Want to See’ Border Wall in Big Bend
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he does expect the U.S. to build new physical barriers along the border with Mexico once Donald Trump takes office. But Abbott also said Tuesday ...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016
Authorities Searching for Fort Worth Man who Escaped from Galveston Jail
GALVESTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Authorities from several agencies are looking for a Fort Worth man who escaped from a Galveston County Jail. Investigators believe that Dominic Potter may be headed ...
Cumulus Media Dec 14, 2016









