Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
House Speaker Paul Ryan in North Texas, Holds Town Hall at Southwest Airlines
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – House Speaker Paul Ryan is in the Metroplex this week. Ryan toured Southwest Airlines Monday morning and then held a private town hall meeting with the company, who rec...
Apr 2, 2018
Former Dallas County Schools Superintendent Pleads Guilty in $3 Million Kickback Scheme
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Former Dallas County Schools Superintendent, Rick Sorrells, has agreed to plead guilty in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme that spanned six years. DCS was shut do...
Apr 2, 2018
Fort Worth Police Respond to Video Showing Officers Punching Suspect During Arrest
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Police Department is once again dealing with accusations of excessive force after a video of an officer punching a man, 35-year-old Forrest Curry, in...
Apr 2, 2018
North Texas Insurer and Health Provider Giant Reach Agreement
RICHARDSON(WBAP/KLIF)- Over 185,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members can breathe a sigh of relief. That after Texas Health Resources and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas reached a midnight agree...
Apr 2, 2018
“Affluenza Teen” Ethan Couch Released from Jail
FORT WORTH, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – Ethan Couch, better known as the “Affluenza Teen”, was released from jail Monday morning. Couch is finishing his two year sentence for violating th...
Apr 2, 2018
Another Department Store Data Breach
NEW YORK (AP) – A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores. ...
Apr 2, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan comes to North Texas
DALLAS, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in the Metroplex for the next couple of days. Representative Ryan is scheduled to be in Dallas today visiting Southwest Airlines he...
Apr 2, 2018
Baylor pays Briles, Starr millions after sex assaults scandal
Art BrilesCNN photo WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor University paid former football coach Art Briles more than $15 million after firing him in 2016 in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that included alle...
Apr 2, 2018
Search Underway for Missing Woman
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating Ms. Elsie Bufford. On Sunday, April 1, 2018 Elsie Bufford left her residence with a known frie...
Apr 2, 2018
Fort Worth SWAT Ends North Richland Hills Pursuit
North Richland Hills (WBAP/KLIF) – North Richland Hills Police had to call in Fort Worth’s SWAT team Saturday to apprehend a domestic assault suspect. They had pursued that suspect across ...
Apr 1, 2018
