Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Police Investigate Double Murder Suicide in Mesquite
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Mesquite Police Department is investing after police say a 63-year-old man shot and killed his two teenage daughters and then shot himself inside their home on Bradford Place...
Jun 09, 2020
Confusion Reigns as WHO Scrambles Mask, Virus Spread Advice
Maria Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for coronavirus response and head of its emerging diseases and zoonoses unit. Courtesy CNN. LONDON (AP) – The World Health Organization scrambled on Tu...
Jun 09, 2020
Tarrant County Commissioners Vote to Remove Confederate Monument from Courthouse Lawn
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County Commissioners voted to remove a confederate monument outside the Tarrant County Courthouse. The marker was erected in 1953 to dedicate Confederate War Soldiers. ...
Jun 09, 2020
Small town bank president admits big time theft
Cooper (WBAP/KLIF) – The former president of a bank in a small Texas town northeast of Dallas has pleaded guilty to several criminal charges. Anita Moody admitted stealing $11 million from the E...
Jun 09, 2020
Amber Alert for missing baby in Gainesville
Gainesville (WBAP/KLIF) – The Gainesville Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for 3 month old Lyrik Brown. She was taken by 30 year old Jeremy Brown who is believed to be driving a grey,...
Jun 09, 2020
Advocacy groups want DISD to drop its police department
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A coalition of advocacy groups is calling on the Dallas school district to disband its police force. The five groups say many black students, and those with disabilities, fe...
Jun 09, 2020
‘Save me’: Texas man’s in-custody death raises key questions
YouTube video image AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Police video and documents released more than a year after the in-custody death of a black man in Texas show that sheriff's deputies repeatedly used a stun gun...
Jun 09, 2020
MedStar Tips to Beat the Texas Heat
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The heat is on in North Texas. Since March 1st, MedStar crews have already treated 91 patients with a primary clinical impression of a heat-related illness. Matt Zavadsky with ...
Jun 08, 2020
Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall Lays Out Plan to Build Trust, Address Use of Force and Racial Bias
Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- In light of recent events, the Dallas Police Department plans to implement several policies to proactively address challenges between law enforcem...
Jun 08, 2020
Funeral Services for George Floyd Held in Texas
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Thousands of people lined up outside a Houston church on Monday to pay their respects for George Floyd who died in Minneapolis Police custody. Many were taken by the bus lo...
Jun 08, 2020
