Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Memorial Growing for 12-year-old Killed in Mesquite School Bus Crash

Memorial Growing for 12-year-old Killed in Mesquite School Bus Crash

MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mesquite middle school student killed in a school bus crash Wednesday on Lawson Road in Mesquite was identified as 12-year-old Jazmine Alfaro, according to a Police report obtained by WBAP/KLIF Thursday. Investigators say the Mesquite ISD school bus was traveling south on Lawson when the rear passenger tires left the road…MORE

Do You Recognize this Man? Car Burglar on the Loose in Fort Worth

Do You Recognize this Man? Car Burglar on the Loose in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police are looking for a man they say burglarized several cars. Fort Worth Police Officer Buddy Calzada said a white man broke into cars on North Main Street and then stole a 2010 Dodge Avenger and rammed it into a locked gate. Police said the Avenger was later found, burned…MORE

What You Need to Know to Prepare for the Red River Show Down 2018 

What You Need to Know to Prepare for the Red River Show Down 2018 

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –  With thousands of people coming to the State Fair for the Texas/OU game, Dallas Police are beefing up security. “We have on-duty and off-duty officers in and around Fair Park to keep people safe, make sure traffic is going smoothly,” Corporal Demarquis Black with the Dallas Police Department said. Dallas Police have…MORE

DOJ Announces More Than $70 Million to Support School Safety

DOJ Announces More Than $70 Million to Support School Safety

(WBAP/KLIF) – The Department of Justice announced more than $70 million in grant funding Wednesday to bolster school security, educate and train students and faculty, and support law enforcement officers and first responders who arrive on the scene of a school violence incident. More than a million dollars in grants were given to awardees operating in the Northern…MORE

White House Says Senators Have time to Look at FBI Report

White House Says Senators Have time to Look at FBI Report

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House says it has received the FBI’s supplemental background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and senators have enough time to review it and vote. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley tweeted early Thursday he also had received the file. Grassley is expected to read it Thursday morning, followed…MORE

VIDEO: A Battle of the Ted Cruz Signs Between Two Fort Worth Neighbors

VIDEO: A Battle of the Ted Cruz Signs Between Two Fort Worth Neighbors

Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – It’s become a battle of campaign signs for two Fort Worth neighbors. A North Bugle drive man pulled up in front of his house one day and noticed a Ted Cruz sign on the lawn. WFAA-TV reports, Michel Bond wondered why his neighbor would put the sign right on the…MORE

Texan accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

Texan accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

HOUSTON (AP) — A human trafficking survivor from Texas sued Facebook this week, alleging the social media platform provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to “stalk, exploit, recruit, groom … and extort children into the sex trade.” The lawsuit was filed Monday in Houston against Facebook, the shuttered classifieds site Backpage.com and the owners of…MORE

The New Globe Life Field is Taking Shape

The New Globe Life Field is Taking Shape

Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In the twelve months since the groundbreaking for the new Texas Rangers, Globe Life Field, the site has been transformed from parking lot to the shell of where the new 1.7-million square foot structure is being built. 97-thousand trucks removed over a million cubic yards of dirt for the structure that…MORE

Houston City Council Moves To Block Robot Brothel Opening

Houston City Council Moves To Block Robot Brothel Opening

HOUSTON (AP) – Houston’s City Council has changed a city ordinance in a move that would essentially stop a so-called robot brothel from opening. A Canadian company had said it wants to open a “love dolls brothel” in Houston in which people would be able to use its human-like dolls on the premises. But Houston’s…MORE