Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Grapevine and Hurst Police Urge Parents to be on Alert Following Two Possible Abduction Attempts Near Elementary Schools
HURST/GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police are warning parents to be on alert after two suspicious incidents involving a stranger approaching a child near an elementary school have been reported ...
Sep 20, 2017
Lancaster Teen’s Family Ask City of Dallas to Demolish the House She Was Killed In
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The aunt of the 13-year-old Lancaster girl who was kidnapped and murdered in an abandoned South Dallas home is asking that the house be destroyed. On Wednesday, Cynthia...
Sep 20, 2017
Dallas Closing Harvey “Megashelter”
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas is closing its “megashelter,” which housed 3,500 people after Hurricane Harvey. Dallas says about 200 people are staying at Kay Bailey Hutchison Conv...
Sep 20, 2017
McKinney City Council Approves Budget, Lowers Property Tax Rate
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The McKinney City Council voted Tuesday, to approve the Fiscal Year 2018 budget of $406.7 million and also lowered the city's property tax rate. The three-cent reduction b...
Sep 20, 2017
Texas school districts propose changing schools named for Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee High School, San AntonioFacebook photo DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — These are tough times to be named Robert E. Lee, especially for public institutions. In San Antonio the Northeast I...
Sep 20, 2017
Can Dead Teen’s Family Sue U-S Agent?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments over whether a federal border patrol agent can be sued in U.S. courts for shooting across the border and killing a Mexican tee...
Sep 20, 2017
Task Force: Robert E. Lee Statue Should Be Relocated
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas mayor’s task force has decided what to do with the Robert E. Lee statue. The group voted almost unanimously Tuesday night to recommend moving the statu...
Sep 20, 2017
Instagram Video Leads to Fugitive’s Arrest
Courtesy: WFAA-TV LOS ANGELES (WBAP/KLIF News) – One of Dallas’ most wanted fugitives was captured in Los Angeles, California Tuesday morning. Christopher Gonzalez was wanted for the July ...
Sep 20, 2017
Texas House Speaker Wants State Preservation Board to Remove Capitol Plaque Honoring Confederate Army
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Speaker of the Texas House wants the state’s preservation board to take down a plaque at the capitol that honors people who enlisted in the Confederate Army. ...
Sep 19, 2017
Central Mexico Earthquake Kills More than 100, Topples Buildings
Mexico (CNN/AP/WBAP) – The governor of the central Mexican state of Morelos said at least 119 people have been killed in the magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck the city of Puebla, just south o...
Sep 19, 2017
