Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
North Texas Rape Numbers Get More Startling Following Uber Report
FORT WORTH – Rape crisis center advocates warn the more than 3 thousand sexual assaults reported for the year 2018 by ride sharing company Uber are likely a small percentage of actual sex assaul...
Dec 06, 2019
Senator Cornyn Pushes Bill Blocking E-Cigarette Sales to Children
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is fighting for atricter laws on E-cigarettes. The Senator visted the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth Frida...
Dec 06, 2019
Tarrant County Reports First Flu Death
Courtesy CDC. FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County is reporting its first flu death of the year. This death involves a young child. “On an average flu season, there are about 36,000 flu...
Dec 06, 2019
MedStar Implements Life-Saving Stop the Bleed Kits
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Medstar has implemented a new kit that will help save more lives in the event of a disaster. The Tarrant County ambulance service assembled six specialized duffel b...
Dec 06, 2019
MedStar Implements Life-Saving Stop the Bleed Kits
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Medstar has implemented a new kit that will help save more lives in the event of a disaster. The Tarrant County ambulance service assembled six specialized duffel b...
Dec 06, 2019
Four Dead, Including Gunman, at Florida Navy Base; Suspect Believed to be Saudi Air Force Lieutenant
Courtesy CNN/WEAR Update at 2:00pm: Two U.S. officials have identified the shooter at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola as a second lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force. The officials say authorities ar...
Dec 06, 2019
Hood County Man Gives Jailhouse Interview About Killing His Wife
(WFAA) Hood County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Grandbury man provided gruesome jailhouse details about the death of his wife whose remains were found this week. 59-year old Edward Pautenis told says tha...
Dec 06, 2019
Uber Reports More Than 3,000 Sexual Assaults On 2018 Rides
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – In a long anticipated safety report, ride-sharing giant Uber says more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides in 2018. That figure includes 235 rapes...
Dec 06, 2019
Bears Deal Cowboys Third Straight Loss
Zeke ElliottWFAA photo CHICAGO (AP) - Mitchell Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the Chicago Bears' 31-24 victory over Dak Prescott and the slumping Dallas Cowboys on Thursd...
Dec 06, 2019
Fort Worth’s Vision Zero Policy to Reduce Pedestrian Fatality Rate
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth is implementing a policy to reduce traffic and pedestrian deaths in the city. District 9 Councilwoman Ann Zadeh said traffic fatalities are a growing pro...
Dec 05, 2019
