Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Assigning Homework is Against the Rules at a Cleburne Charter School
Cleburne, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Students at a Johnson County charter school never have homework because teachers aren’t allowed to assign it. About 110 students attend class at Kaufman Leadersh...
Dec 17, 2018
Texas lawmaker proposes casinos to subsidize wind insurance
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A Texas lawmaker has proposed subsidizing the state's underfunded windstorm insurance and flooding assistance by building casinos in coastal counties. State Rep. Joe Deshotel f...
Dec 17, 2018
A special North Texas college graduate
RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) – After raising five kids and retiring at age 77 from her secretarial job, Janet Fein couldn’t be blamed for finally relaxing, but that’s not her. Now 84 years...
Dec 16, 2018
Texas executed more prison inmates this year than all the other states combined.
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There were a total of 25 executions nationwide in 2018. 13 of them were carried out in Texas. The Death Penalty Information Center also reports Dallas County leads the state...
Dec 16, 2018
Decades of Prison for A Mom Who Left Children in a Hot Car
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – A 20 year old Central Texas mother whose 2 and 1 year old daughters died after being left in a hot vehicle overnight has been sentenced to 40 years in prison...
Dec 15, 2018
Beto’s Zipped Lips
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke is still playing mum on a decision about whether he may launch a White House presidential run in 2020. O’Rou...
Dec 15, 2018
More Controversy Over The Handling of a Baylor University Rape Case
Photo courtesyBaylor University DALLAS (AP) – Local leaders say a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University fraternity president to serve no jail times highlights the outsized influence alum...
Dec 15, 2018
A Murderer Back in Prison After Being Released, Instead of Transferred
WACO, Texas (AP) – Authorities have apprehended a 61-year-old man who was released from prison after serving a term for arson when he was supposed to have been transferred to Central Texas on a ...
Dec 15, 2018
A Texas Judge Accused of Touching 3 Women Inappropriately
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – A state district judge who’s facing criminal charges has been reprimanded by a state commission that criticized his conduct on the bench and says he inappropri...
Dec 15, 2018
Serial armed robber caught
Balch Springs (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas resident arrested for a Balch Springs armed robbery has turned out to be the masked bandit who also held up three convenience stores in Mesquite in a three d...
Dec 15, 2018
