Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Cornyn on Healthcare Bill: Work in Progress
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn says it is not easy but it sure is important that Republicans keep their promise when it comes to healthcare. Senator Cornyn says the House healthcare pl...
Mar 15, 2017
Ft. Worth Officer Marks Year Since Shooting
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – One year has now passed since Fort Worth Police Officer Matt Pearce was shot in the line of duty. Pearce was shot five times by a felon during a chase in March of 2...
Mar 15, 2017
‘Bathroom Bill’ Clears Texas Senate but Still Faces Hurdles
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Senate has passed a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill” that targets transgender people, but the proposal still faces big obstacles from becoming law....
Mar 15, 2017
Dallas Postal Worker Fired After Dumped Mail Discovered
Courtesy of: WFAA DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) A postal worker is out of a job after Dallas city marshals found a large amount of mail dumped into a creek. Twenty pounds of unopened letters, bills other ot...
Mar 15, 2017
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Says Bathroom Bill Isn’t About Discrimination
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) While the Texas Senate prepares to vote on the bill that would require everyone to use public bathrooms that match their birth gender, state leaders ...
Mar 15, 2017
Dallas ISD Superintendent Testifies in Price Corruption Trial
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price saw a big, local name testify Tuesday. Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hin...
Mar 15, 2017
T-Mobile Engineers In Dallas To Solve Deadly Ghost Call Problem
Courtesy: WFAA TV Dallas (AP) – T-Mobile has sent engineers to Dallas to try to figure out why ghost calls are jamming the 911 system. WFAA-TV reports a 6 month old boy died Saturday night after...
Mar 15, 2017
Outspoken Irving imam receives video death threats, apparently from ISIS
Imam Omar Suleiman IRVING, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) — The violent extremist group known as ISIS has apparently targeted Irving imam Omar Suleiman in at least two death threat videos. Suleiman, fou...
Mar 15, 2017
Planned Parenthood Alternative Sputters
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – In pushing a replacement for the Affordable Care Act that cuts off funds for Planned Parenthood, Republicans are reassuring women that other clinics will step up to provide ...
Mar 14, 2017
Fort Worth Man Executed for Double Murder
(AP) – Texas prison officials have executed a Fort Worth man condemned for killing a father and his 4-month-old son during a Christmas Eve rampage nearly 30 years ago that also left two other me...
Mar 14, 2017
