Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Southwest Airlines CEO addresses the FAA’s order to ground 737 Max 8

Southwest Airlines CEO addresses the FAA’s order to ground 737 Max 8

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly addresses the FAA’s order for U.S. airlines to temporarily ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 series. “They will remain out of service until the FAA resends this order,” Kelly said. He said with over 750 aircraft in their fleet 95% are unaffected by this grounding. “Safety is our top…MORE

Dallas Mayor Looking Forward to Role as Grand Marshal in St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Dallas Mayor Looking Forward to Role as Grand Marshal in St. Patrick’s Day Parade

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texans are gearing up for this weekend’s ‘Dallas Mavericks St. Patrick’s Day Parade’ on Greenville Avenue. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack upper and lower Greenville Saturday for the 40th annual parade. Organizers officially announced Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings as the parade’s Grand Marshal at a kickoff event…MORE

National Weather Service Confirms Two Tornado Touchdowns in North Texas

National Weather Service Confirms Two Tornado Touchdowns in North Texas

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Weather Service confirms two brief tornado touchdowns early Wednesday morning in North Texas. The first was just to the east of Mineral Wells. The other was in northwest Parker County. According to meteorologists with the National Weather Service Office in Fort Worth, both are considered to be brief low-end…MORE

Senate Votes to Block National Emergency; Trump Responds “VETO!”

Senate Votes to Block National Emergency; Trump Responds “VETO!”

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a stunning rebuke, the Republican-controlled Senate has voted to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate voted 59-41 for a resolution to halt Trump’s emergency order. Trump has promised to veto it, and it is unlikely that Congress will have the votes to…MORE

Debris from Fort Worth Skyscraper Closes Parts of Downtown

Debris from Fort Worth Skyscraper Closes Parts of Downtown

FORT WORTH – A block of downtown Fort Worth has been shut down after debris began falling from a building. Broken glass was spotted on the street near the Frost Tower, Thursday morning. Lamar street between Fifth and Sixth streets had to be closed. According to information gathered from the Star-Telegram, large debris began to fall…MORE

Butterball Recalls Almost 80,000 Pounds of Raw Turkey Products

Butterball Recalls Almost 80,000 Pounds of Raw Turkey Products

WASHINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Butterball is recalling almost 80,000 pounds of prepackaged raw turkey meat that may have been contaminated with Salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and two other federal agencies are investigating a mutli-state outbreak of the Salmonella illnesses found in…MORE

Lawsuit: Rick’s Cabaret ‘Drugged, Beat and Stole Thousands From Customers’

Lawsuit: Rick’s Cabaret ‘Drugged, Beat and Stole Thousands From Customers’

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A popular adult night spot in Fort Worth has been named in a lawsuit alleging it drugged, beat and stole thousands of dollars from customers. Among four men making the allegations against Rick’s Cabaret, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, is Jeff Gibson who says a night of celebrating ended with…MORE

A Denton County Dog Rescue Needs Help After Major Damage From High Winds

A Denton County Dog Rescue Needs Help After Major Damage From High Winds

Justin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A rural dog rescue in Denton County is in need of donations after high winds from Wednesday’s storms 25 damaged kennels and other buildings. Danielle Stewart with Apollo Support and Rescue in Justin told WFAA-TV that they don’t have the 5-thousand dollars needed to for replacements and repairs. The facility has…MORE

O’Rourke tells El Paso TV station he’s in race for president

O’Rourke tells El Paso TV station he’s in race for president

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke has told a Texas TV station that he’s running for president in 2020. The former Texas congressman sent a text message to KTSM Wednesday afternoon confirming the news that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He wrote: “I’m really proud of what El Paso did and what El Paso…MORE