Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – If Governor Greg Abbott has his way, all school children in Texas will have access to high-speed internet by 2018. The governor announced his ambitious plan at the Sout...

COPPELL, Texas (AP) – Retail gasoline prices across Texas have risen again, jumping by 3 cents. AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump rose to $1.63 per gallon. Nationwide ...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – At least three dozen people have applied to become the next fire chief in Dallas. A search firm being used by the city will now start culling through the resumes. The a...

DALLAS [WBAP/KLIF] – Dallas park board members have delayed a decision on whether to ban smoking in city parks. The decision came after several panelists said they’d like more input about ...

A flooded road in Grapevine in 2015. GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF News) - The City of Grapevine is still recovering from last May’s heavy rains and flooding. Mayor William D. Tate says while some street...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) The Dallas Morning News may change its headquarters in the Big D. For nearly 7 decades, the newspaper has been at Young and Houston streets in downtown, but the publication ann...

Image courtesy of The American Heart Association DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A total smoking ban on city-owned parks in Dallas will be up for debate on Thursday. Fair Park and golf courses are inc...

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The union representing school maintenance and custodial workers in Dallas is urging hundreds of their members to get their blood tested. The move comes after school off...

KAUFMAN (WBAP/KLIF News) – A one-time policeman and school resource officer in Kaufman is charged with indecency and sexual assault of a child. Daniel Carrier, 43, was indicted by a grand jury i...

LIVINGSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas has carried out its fourth execution of the year. 58-year-old Coy Wayne Wesbrook was put to death by lethal injection for the murders of his ex-wife and three othe...