Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Affluenza Teen Gets Ankle Monitor Removed

Affluenza Teen Gets Ankle Monitor Removed

(WBAP/KLIF) – “Affluenza teen” Ethan Couch is now free of his ankle monitor. The monitor was equipped with a GPS system and would notify police if couch was away from his home after 9 pm. Couch made national news after receiving a 10 year probation sentence for killing four people and paralyzing another, in a…MORE

Traveling Art Show Paints Dallas Teachers in Positive Light

Traveling Art Show Paints Dallas Teachers in Positive Light

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A traveling art show featuring photos of Dallas ISD teachers is making its way around dallas. Time magazine recently devoted a series of magazine covers and articles revealing the despair of teachers in too many school districts: Overburdened, underfunded, under-supported and exhausted of hope. According to the Dallas Independent School District, the district is in…MORE

City of Kemp Notifies Dallas Mavericks of Pro-Confederacy Billboard Resembling Team Logo

City of Kemp Notifies Dallas Mavericks of Pro-Confederacy Billboard Resembling Team Logo

KEMP (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials with the City of Kemp are reviewing legal options regarding a pro-confederacy billboard aimed at the City of Dallas. The city released a statement Thursday indicating it has received negative feedback about the billboard that shows a cartoon Confederate Soldier urinating on an image of the Dallas skyline. It’s believed the…MORE

Tyson Foods Recalls 69,000 Pounds of Chicken Strips Over Possible Metal Contamination

Tyson Foods Recalls 69,000 Pounds of Chicken Strips Over Possible Metal Contamination

WASHINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Tyson Foods has recalled more than 69,000 pounds of chicken strips that may be contaminated with metal. The United States Department of Agriculture reports the ready-to-eat chicken strips were produced on November 30,2018 and bear the establishment number “P-7221″ on the back of the product package. The items were shipped to…MORE

Dallas SWAT on Scene of Armed Robbery North Dallas Tom Thumb

Dallas SWAT on Scene of Armed Robbery North Dallas Tom Thumb

UPDATED: 9:23AM:  Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas SWAT has exited a Tom Thumb store that was robbed at gunpoint this morning. Out Scott Sidway reports that they did not appear to have a suspect. It was believed that a suspect or suspects may have still been inside the store. Police started getting calls about 5:30 this…MORE

Woman Attacked in Deep Ellum Speaks Out: ‘He hit me like a man’

Woman Attacked in Deep Ellum Speaks Out: ‘He hit me like a man’

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas woman was violently assaulted Wednesday night in Deep Ellum. 24-year old L’Daijohnique Lee told WFAA-TV that she was at the corner of a one way street dropping a friend when a man became angry about being blocked in a parking lot in the 28-hundred block of Elm Street. The ordeal…MORE

Baylor Beats Syracuse; Gonzaga Up Next

Baylor Beats Syracuse; Gonzaga Up Next

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Baylor solved Syracuse’s vaunted zone with the long ball. Makai Mason scored 22 points and Baylor set a school NCAA Tournament record with 16 3-pointers to beat Syracuse 78-69 Thursday night in the West Region. The ninth-seeded Bears (20-13) found gaps in Syracuse’s 2-3 zone, mostly by getting the ball into the…MORE

Waco schools superintendent resigns in wake of drug bust

Waco schools superintendent resigns in wake of drug bust

WACO, Texas (AP) — The superintendent of the Waco school system has resigned after reaching a plea agreement on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. The Waco school district board accepted A. Marcus Nelson’s resignation Thursday night a week after he reached a plea deal on his charge that he was found with less than 2…MORE

Dallas Police Investigating Former UFC Champ For Abandoning Dog At Love Field

Dallas Police Investigating Former UFC Champ For Abandoning Dog At Love Field

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police are investigating former UFC champion fighter Frank Shamrock for allegedly leaving a dog in a car at Love Field airport for five days, from March 2nd to 7th. Shamrock told WFAA-TV he accepts responsibility for his actions and will return to Dallas to face charges if necessary. Shamrock said he…MORE

McKinney Police Arrest Murder Suspect

McKinney Police Arrest Murder Suspect

McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Mckinney have arrested a juvenile in the shooting death of 55-year-old James Penegar. Penegar was killed March 8th, after someone fired shots into a crowd of at least 30 people gathered outside a house in the 800 block of Maples Avenue following a confrontation. Witnesses say at least two…MORE