Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Defense Rests in Price Corruption Trial, Closing Arguments After Easter
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The fate of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price will be in the jury’s hands next week. Price’s attorneys wrapped up their case Thursday afternoon af...
Apr 14, 2017
Denton County Detention Officer Arrested for Insurance Fraud, Bribery
DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Denton County detention officer was arrested on charges of insurance fraud and bribery. The Denton County Sheriff’s Department’s Orlando Hinojosa s...
Apr 14, 2017
Throwing rocks results in a 40 year prison sentence
Patrick Eugene Johnson Austin PD photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for a series of Interstate 35 rock-throwing incidents in the Austin area of Central Tex...
Apr 14, 2017
Texas Getting First Immigrant Lockup Built Under Trump
Photo Courtesy CNN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A private prison company has announced a $110 million federal contract to build the first new immigrant detention center under the Trump administration. T...
Apr 13, 2017
Defense Rests in John Wiley Price Trial
DALLAS (AP) – The defense has rested its case in the corruption trial of longtime Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price after calling just two witnesses. Price’s legal team called a ...
Apr 13, 2017
Pete Sessions 100% Behind Afghanistan Bomb Drop
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Congressman Pete Sessions is 100 percent behind the US military action Thursday that dropped what is nicknamed the “Mother Of All Bombs” in Afghanistan. Sessions...
Apr 13, 2017
DART Warns of Service Cuts, Layoffs Because of Pension Board Move
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Area Rapid Transit is firing back after the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board moved to back a proposal to strip funding from DART in order to save the failing pens...
Apr 13, 2017
U.S Drops Enormous Non-Nuclear Bomb in Afghanistan
Courtesy: CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A GBU-43/B Massive Ord...
Apr 13, 2017
Condom-clogged pipe leads police to Austin prostitution ring
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Police say they cracked an Austin prostitution ring they were led to by a drainage pipe clogged with condoms. A police affidavit said investigators learned that a massage pa...
Apr 13, 2017
Keller boy accused of making false 9-1-1 calls
Keller (WBAP/KLIF) – Keller Police say they have caught a 15 year old boy who was amusing himself earlier this week by making false 9-1-1 calls. The unidentified boy allegedly made the first fal...
Apr 13, 2017
