Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Smithsonian gem exhibit coming to Perot Museum
A set of nearly 30 large gems from the Smithsonian will be on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science starting Friday, September 9 and lasting through mid-January. The exhibit is called R...
Cumulus Media Sep 08, 2016
Teen Faces Charges in Deadly Labor Day Crash
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A teenager who police said hit and killed a couple in Dallas will be arrested as soon as she’s released from the hospital. The crash happened on Labor Day at the ...
Cumulus Media Sep 08, 2016
Commerce Residents Asked to Conserve Water
COMMERCE (WBAP/KLIF News) – Crews are working to repair the water treatment plant in Commerce after a fire tore through parts of the facility on Wednesday night. The city is asking people to con...
Cumulus Media Sep 08, 2016

Competency Evaluation Done for Deputy Slaying Suspect
Photograph courtesy of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. HOUSTON (AP) – A Houston man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy at a gas station last year is set to return...
Cumulus Media Sep 08, 2016
North Texas Charity Participates in Statewide Grant Contest
(WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas food pantry could get a $100,000 grant through a contest held by Reliant Energy. Metrocrest Services is the only North Texas charity participating. “Metrocrest ...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2016

Property Taxes Jump Average of 14 Percent in Tarrant
Ft. Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – Property taxes jumped an average of 14 percent this year in Tarrant County. Judge Glen Whitley says some land owners saw their taxes increase by more than 100 percen...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2016
Some Dallas County Employees Asking for Raises
DALLAS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) Dallas County sheriff’s deputies and jail guards are asking for more money. A survey shows deputies earn less than city officers. The county’s human resource...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2016

Jurors in Arochi Trial Expected to Be Picked Wednesday
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News) – Jury selection is expected to wrap up Wednesday in the trial of a man charged in connection with the disappearance of a woman from Fort Worth. Enrique Arochi is charg...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2016
Aledo to Open New School Next Fall
ALEDO (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Aledo Independent School District will break ground on a new elementary school on Wednesday morning. The school will sit on the site of Walsh Ranch, near the merge o...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2016
Police: Son Says He Smothered Elderly Mother
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – An arrest affidavit says a Fort Worth man charged with murder in the death of his mother told investigators that he smothered the 85-year-old woman with duct tape and hi...
Cumulus Media Sep 07, 2016






