Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Police Search Dallas Mall for Burglary Suspect
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police officers with guns drawn searched the Southwest Center Mall in Dallas over the weekend while shoppers went about their business. Officers were looking for a burg...
Jan 09, 2017
Fire Destroys Partially Constructed Islamic Center in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed an Islamic center that was under construction in Austin. Lake Travis Fire and Rescue says the three-story...
Jan 09, 2017
Embattled Texas House Member Reverses Position, Not Quitting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Travis County district attorney says Texas House member Dawnna Dukes, under an ethics investigation, has reversed herself and won’t resign. Dukes said in September...
Jan 09, 2017
Texas Lawmakers Look to Help Troubled Child Welfare System
DALLAS (AP) – Texas lawmakers agree on the need to improve the state’s beleaguered child welfare system, but how to do it and to pay for it during a tight budget year are still very much u...
Jan 09, 2017
Cockpit Smoke Forces Dallas Stars’ Plane Back to Airport
CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) – A plane carrying the Dallas Stars hockey team was forced to return to a St. Louis-area airport because of smoke in the cockpit. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the Boei...
Jan 09, 2017
Ted Cruz, Texas Governor Meet with Taiwan President
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott say they met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen while she was passing through Houston on her way to Central America. The Republican...
Jan 09, 2017
A Fort Worth Police Officer Facing Disciplinary Action Monday
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Fort Worth Police say they expect an announcement Monday on what, if any disciplinary action one of their officers will receive. It has to do with an officer seen on vi...
Jan 07, 2017
Winter Weather Snarls Traffic, Causes Flight Delays
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Snow caused headaches for drivers Friday afternoon and delayed flights at DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field. Several wrecks were reported in Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Coll...
Jan 06, 2017
DFW Flight Among Last to Leave Fort Lauderdale
DFW Airport (WBAP/KLIF News) – A flight to DFW was among the last to leave Fort Lauderdale before a gunman there killed five people. “It was just very scary,” one woman on flight 130...
Jan 06, 2017
$4B Shortfall to Recover in Dallas Pension Fund
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) The fix to the Dallas police and fire pension fund could cost you money. It’s $4B short and the city has agreed to put in an additional billion dollars over the next 30 y...
Jan 06, 2017
