Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
DISD Evaluates Standardized Tests
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas schools will be trimming down on the number of standardized tests for elementary and middle school students. The district plans to cut 38% of its assessments of ...
Cumulus Media Jul 22, 2016
Council Wants More Research on Chicken Ordinance
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Irving City Council tabled a vote on whether to limit the number of chickens and roosters a resident is allowed to have on their property. The proposal would limit ...
Cumulus Media Jul 22, 2016
Prosper Man Sentenced to 18-Months in 1st Bitcoin Securities Fraud Case
NEW YORK (AP) – A Texas man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for carrying out what prosecutors said was the first bitcoin securities fraud case. Trendon Shavers was sentenced Thursday i...
Cumulus Media Jul 22, 2016
Ex-Federal Prison Guard Gets Prison for Inmate Sex
HOUSTON (AP) – A former prison guard has been sentenced to almost two years in federal prison for having sex with two inmates at a Central Texas federal prison camp. James Graves was sentenced t...
Cumulus Media Jul 22, 2016
Texas Teen, Woman Killed When Storm Hits Camp
ELY, Minn. (AP) – Police in Canada have identified the two campers with a Boy Scouts of America group killed when a fierce storm hit the U.S.-Canadian border as a teenage boy and a female volunt...
Cumulus Media Jul 22, 2016

Ted Cruz: Trump Attacked My Wife, Father
Cleveland, Ohio (WBAP/KLIF News) – Senator Ted Cruz says he has no regrets about his speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. Cruz congratulated Donald Trump on secur...
Cumulus Media Jul 21, 2016

Classes Are Back in Session at El Centro’s Downtown Campus
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – El Centro College in downtown Dallas is open again, two weeks to the day after the shooting attack on Dallas and DART police officers. For some students, it was just an...
Cumulus Media Jul 21, 2016
Pre-registration Open for Dallas Mayor’s Back-to-School Fair
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Pre-registration is now underway for Dallas’ big back to school fair. This marks 20 years since Mayor Mike Rawlings started the free event. The fair provides free school ...
Cumulus Media Jul 21, 2016
Runways Briefly Close at Dallas Airport After Police Chase
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) – Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport officials say some runways were briefly closed as police responded to a driver who led them on a chase and refused to exit her car...
Cumulus Media Jul 21, 2016
Fort Worth Alters Transgender Policy
DALLAS (AP) – A Texas school district that triggered a passionate debate when it announced restroom guidelines for transgender students is pledging to work more closely with parents on matters a...
Cumulus Media Jul 21, 2016









