Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Commission Issues Recommendations to Prevent “Tent Cities”
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Housing Committee has received a report on how the city may be able to prevent homeless camps from building under overpasses. Last year, Dallas cleared camps...
Jan 03, 2017
Rep. Pete Sessions to be Sworn In Along with the Rest of Congress Today
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon today in Washington. Representative Pete Sessions is one of them and says first on the list for Republicans is a plan...
Jan 03, 2017
Update: Bodies of Missing Boy & Father Found in Lake Tawakoni
Photo Courtesy of WFAA HUNT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Searchers say they have found the body of a man who took his son out for a duck hunting trip early Monday morning. Captain Steve Stapleton w...
Jan 03, 2017
Police: Thief Poses as Walmart Employee
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in Grapevine are trying to identify a man who made off with two carts full of merchandise from a Walmart on Highway 114. Surveillance footage showed the man w...
Jan 03, 2017
Woman Found Dead in Garland Apartment
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in Garland need your help solving the murder of a 44-year-old woman. Linda Harris’ body was found in her unit at the Parkside Apartments on Kingsley on Su...
Jan 03, 2017
Arlington Couple Welcomes Twins Born in Different Years
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington family received a New Year’s gift that some are calling a one-in-a-million occurrence. Cassandra Martinez was supposed to deliver her twin boys on...
Jan 03, 2017
Former Head of North Texas Food Bank Dies
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The woman who ran the North Texas Food Bank for nearly 20 years died on Monday. Jan Pruitt was diagnosed with cancer last year. She stepped down in December. She had be...
Jan 03, 2017
Another ‘Tent City’ Pops Up in East Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas City Council’s Housing Committee is meeting on Tuesday to tackle the city’s homeless problem. A homeless camp in far east Dallas is growing even ...
Jan 03, 2017
Texas Lawmaker Recovering After Being Shot at New Year’s Party
WESLACO, Texas (AP) – A state lawmaker says he’s recovering after being struck in the head during a new year’s celebration by what he suspects was celebratory gunfire. Rep. Armando M...
Jan 03, 2017
Arlington Looks at Expanding Smoking Ban
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington councilwoman wants to keep smokers out of city parks. The city has had smoking restrictions in public places like park entrances and playgrounds since 2...
Jan 03, 2017
