Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Shemwell Recall Petition Filed in McKinnney

Shemwell Recall Petition Filed in McKinnney

McKinney WBAP/KLIF – A Citizens group in McKinney today filed a petition to recall district one Councilman La’Shadion Shemwell. The document contains more than 3,000 signatures. The City Secretary has five days to certify the petition. If certified, Shemwell has five days to resign from the city council or submit to a new election that…MORE

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Eyes Advertising Opportunities.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Eyes Advertising Opportunities.

DALLAS – Dallas Area Rapid Transit is consulting the 13 municipalities it offers services in to ask what parameters might be preferred as it considers digital and other advertising methods.  Dallas metro is one of the few larger U S cities or metroplexes in which public transit systems are not generating income via advertising.  New…MORE

Dallas Murder Rate Climbs

Dallas Murder Rate Climbs

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police are investigating the city’s 203 homicide of the year today. The murder happened last night in the 3000 block of Falls Drive not far from Cowart Elementary School and Planet Fitness. Officers responded to a complaint of shots fired and fighting around 9 pm Thursday. Upon arrival they discovered the…MORE

Court: Airline’s Workers Can’t Sue as Class in Pay Dispute

Court: Airline’s Workers Can’t Sue as Class in Pay Dispute

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A federal appeals court has ruled American Airlines workers at Newark’s airport who claim they’ve been shorted on overtime pay can’t sue as a class. The ruling published Tuesday reverses a New Jersey judge’s decision that would have allowed the lawsuit to go forward and include all non-exempt hourly workers employed…MORE

Congolese Woman, 41, Dies After Entering US Border Custody

Congolese Woman, 41, Dies After Entering US Border Custody

HOUSTON (AP) – A 41-year-old Congolese woman died Wednesday in U.S. government custody shortly after she entered a border station in South Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. CBP says the 41-year-old woman, who the agency did not identify, had arrived at an official port of entry in Laredo, Texas, early Tuesday afternoon.…MORE

North Texas to See Another Cold Front at Week’s End

North Texas to See Another Cold Front at Week’s End

FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – North Texas will see increasing cloud cover on Friday as another cold front readies to blow into the region.  Temperatures will continue to reach highs at or near 70F through Friday; then Friday evening a 50% chance of rain takes hold, growing to an estimated 80% chance of showers and…MORE

Four Year Dallas Veteran Police Officer Dies from Wreck Injuries.

Four Year Dallas Veteran Police Officer Dies from Wreck Injuries.

DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – The Dallas Police officer involved in a horrific auto wreck on east Mockingbird Lane in Dallas has died from a result of his injuries.  Dallas Police spokesman Demarquis Black says four year veteran officer Joseph Michael George died on Christmas Eve.  He’d been hospitalized in critical condition since he wrecked his…MORE

Record 1.9 Million Gift Returns Expected

Record 1.9 Million Gift Returns Expected

(WBAP/KLIF) — Three out of four people plan to return a Christmas gift they received this holiday season. Online retail platform Oracle polled nearly 16-thousand people and 77% of them indicated they are returning at least one gift. After record sales for retailers this year, they now brace for the wave of after-Christmas returns. According…MORE

Texas Migrant Helper Released From Mexico After Detention

Texas Migrant Helper Released From Mexico After Detention

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman who drove to Mexico to deliver Christmas gifts to a sprawling refugee camp housing people waiting for U.S. court dates said Wednesday she was detained by authorities there for two days. Anamichelle Castellano said she and another volunteer for her nonprofit group were stopped Monday at a bridge crossing…MORE

Roof Collapse During Renovations at Church in Oak Cliff

Roof Collapse During Renovations at Church in Oak Cliff

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas Fire Rescue is investigating after an Oak Cliff church’s roof collapsed during renovations. The roof collapsed at the New Greater Emmanuel Baptist Church on Ann Arbor Avenue in East Dallas near the Dallas VA Medical Center. Officials say it was during the remodeling process and reportedly no one was inside at the…MORE