Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Texas’ Attorney General Rebukes Fort Worth Bathroom Policy
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Texas’ attorney general says Fort Worth schools may be violating state education law with new restroom guidelines for transgender students. Attorney General Ken Pa...
May 11, 2016
World’s Oldest Cat Calls N. Texas Home
(Courtesy: CNN) MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) – A Siamese cat born during President Ronald Reagan’s administration has been named by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living cat. ...
May 11, 2016
East Texas Officers Fatally Shoot Gunman who Fired on Them
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) – East Texas law officers have fatally shot an armed man after he fired at them during an assault investigation. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the suspect, 2...
May 10, 2016
Wounded Fort Worth Officer Escorted Home by Colleagues
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Fort Worth police officer shot multiple times during a gunbattle received a police escort home after his release from a Fort Worth hospital almost two months after he ...
May 10, 2016
Fort Worth Man Who Stole Forklift Says He’s Back on Track
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) A Fort Worth man who suffers from mental illness says he’s turned his life around. Timothy Raines stole a forklift in 2011, and led police on a low speed chase down U...
May 10, 2016
Woman Dies Week After Being Mauled by Dogs in Dallas
DALLAS (AP) – A woman mauled by a pack of dogs running loose in South Dallas has died a week after the attack. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office says 52-year-old Antoinette Brown...
May 10, 2016
North Texas Pharmacist Gets 6 Years for Drug Trafficking
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) – A North Texas pharmacist has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for trafficking nearly $3 million worth of prescription drugs. John Christopher Esparza of Granbu...
May 10, 2016
Frisco Woman Tests Positive for Zika
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A woman from Frisco is the latest person in North Texas to contract the Zika virus. The Collin County Health Department said the woman traveled outside of the United St...
May 10, 2016
Penney to Expand Major Appliances to Half of Stores
NEW YORK (AP) – J.C. Penney says it’s expanding its rollout of major appliances to nearly 500 stores by this fall, or almost half of its stores. The move comes after a successful test of o...
May 10, 2016
Tornadoes Tear Through Great Plains
Photograph courtesy of naranjo1992/Instagram. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Parts of the Great Plains and Ohio Valley could see severe weather Tuesday as two storm systems make their way across the count...
May 10, 2016
