Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Dallas Fire Crews Kept Busy With Raging Mulch Fire Overnight
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Several Dallas fire crews remain on the scene where a massive mulch fire was raging earlier at Living Earth Technologies in Northwest Dallas. The fire broke out around 2am a...
May 11, 2018
Texas Court Rejects Appeal by Woman who Sent Ricin to Obama
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in East Texas has declined to reduce the 18-year prison sentence imposed on a woman for sending ricin-laced letters to former President Barack Obama and o...
May 10, 2018
Victims of Former USA Gymnastics Team Doctor Ask Texas Authorities to Investigate Karolyi’s
AUSTIN (AP) – Victims of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar are imploring Texas authorities to investigate whether Bela and Martha Karolyi could have done more to prevent Nassar’s sexual...
May 10, 2018
Search Continues for Man Presumed Drowned on Pilot Point Pond in Denton County
PILOT POINT (WBAP/KLIF News) – Search crews continue to search for the body of a man presumed drowned after his canoe tipped over while fishing on a pond in Pilot Point Wednesday night. A neighb...
May 10, 2018
McKinney Councilman Backtracks on Racial Profiling Allegations
(McKinney, TX) – A McKinney city councilman has backed off claims of racial profiling by a McKinney police officer after he was arrested for not signing a speeding ticket received this week. Cou...
May 10, 2018
Birthday spankings: a tradition out of time?
WFAA photo ALVORD, Texas (AP) - An elementary school principal in North Texas is discontinuing her tradition of "birthday spankings" to students after parents complained. KTVT-TV reports that Alvord I...
May 10, 2018
Fort Worth school district targeting Oklahoma teachers
Oklahoma billboardsPhoto courtesy WFAA NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A Texas school district is trying to recruit teachers with a billboard campaign in Oklahoma, where teacher protests about classroom funding ...
May 10, 2018
Murder Indictments Handed Down in Biker Gang Shootout
WACO (AP) – Three bikers have been indicted on murder charges stemming from a 2015 shooting involving police outside a Waco restaurant, including a prominent member of the Bandidos motorcycle cl...
May 09, 2018
Mormon Church Cutting Ties with Boys Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mormon church announced that it’s severing all ties with the Boy Scouts of America by December 2019. The Mormon church has long been the biggest...
May 09, 2018
Wise County Elementary School Ends Birthday Spanking Tradition After Complaints
ALVORD (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Wise County elementary school has decided to end a long-standing tradition of giving special spankings on students’ birthdays. In a superintendent Dr. Randy Bro...
May 09, 2018
