Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Texas man freed after being found innocent in 2001 killing
Quintin Lee AlonzoFacebook photo DALLAS (AP) - A man who spent 15 years in prison for the 2001 killing of a teenager was freed on Wednesday after a judge agreed with prosecutors that he didn't commit ...
May 31, 2018
Governor Abbott Releases School Safety Plan
DALLAS (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is recommending dozens of strategies to make schools safer following the deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School. The Republican unveiled a 43-page repor...
May 30, 2018
Salvation Army Cooling Stations Officially Launch to Provide Heat Relief
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With triple-digit temperatures in the forecast, The Salvation Army is officially launched cooling stations at 13 of its centers Wednesday. The stations provide relief from t...
May 30, 2018
North Texas Human and Drug Trafficking Unit is Making Headway Fighting Crime
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Seven North Texas Sheriff’s Offices have banded together to form a unit designated to stop drug and human trafficking. Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn s...
May 30, 2018
Dallas Based Southwest Airlines Apologizes to Basketball Coach
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Southwest has apologized to the Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb after she claimed an airline employee stopped her from boarding because the worker didnR...
May 30, 2018
Mayor of McKinney in Heated Exchange With Local Activist Over Racism
McKinney, TX Mayor George Fuller (City of McKinney) McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – During what was meant to be a goodwill gesture Tuesday turned into a heated exchange about race between McKinney...
May 30, 2018
Early Morning Search of a Pond in NW Dallas After Passerby Spots a Car in the Water
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Search crews were on the scene of a pond in Northwest Dallas this morning at California Crossing where a passerby reported seeing a car in the water. Our Scott Sidway says D...
May 30, 2018
Transgender Student Fighting Allen ISD Over Name
ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) — A transgender grad says he's fighting Allen ISD's decision to call his given name at graduation. Jay Alfie says they notified him that he would be addressed by his given, fem...
May 30, 2018
Classes resume at Texas school where gunman killed 10 people
Carissa Potts hugs her 7-year-old daughter Kaylee after leaving flowers at a small memorial outside of Santa Fe High School on May 19.Photo courtesy WFAA SANTA FE, Texas (AP) - Like some of her classm...
May 30, 2018
National Outrage Over “Active Shooter” Game
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The scheduled release of a new game called “Active Shooter” has angered parents and students across the country. The game company “Valve” is sch...
May 29, 2018
