Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Police Applications Are Down Nationwide, Except For in Dallas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police recruiting in major and large American cities is hurting, but in Dallas, it’s the opposite. Applications are way up since the July 7th attack. Retired FBI ...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
Expert: Hot Air Balloon Pilots Only Have Control of Up and Down
LOCKHART (WBAP/KLIF News) Hot air ballooning was the world’s first type of manned flight. The Balloon Federation of America says the practice is more than 300 years old and usually very safe. Bu...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
Hurst Bans Texting While Driving
HURST (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Hurst enacted a ban on texting while driving last week, and now critics are saying it might be an overreach of local control. The state legislature has debat...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016

Newly-Unveiled Mural Honors Slain Dallas Police Officers
Photograph courtesy of WFAA-TV/Twitter DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A mural honoring the five police officers who were murdered in early July was unveiled Sunday night. The painting on a building o...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
DPD Officers Investigated After Controversial Podcast
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two on-duty police officers called into a podcast on the night of the deadly attack in downtown Dallas. Officers Gregory Watkins and Margus McCuin joined the podcast ...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
TxDOT Testing Managed Toll Lanes West of Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – New managed toll lanes between Dallas and Grand Prairie open Monday. Nine miles of Texpress toll lanes have opened on I-30 between Westmoreland the Bush Turnpike. The l...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016

Council to Discuss Rangers Stadium
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Arlington City Council is preparing to move forward with a $1 billion investment. Council members are working on a plans to build a new stadium for the Texas Ran...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
Dozens March in Dallas Against Police Violence Toward Blacks
DALLAS (AP) – Several dozen protesters have marched through downtown Dallas to protest police violence toward blacks while also paying homage to five police officers slain by a sniper during a J...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
Army Report: Grenade Found in Room of Dallas Gunman in 2014
DALLAS (AP) – An Army report says the reservist who killed five Dallas police officers had kept an unauthorized grenade in his room on an Afghanistan base in 2014. The report released Friday was...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016
Baylor’s Strict Conduct Code May Have Silenced Rape Victims
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Baylor University’s sexual assault scandal also has led investigators to question whether the school’s student conduct code may have driven some victims into sil...
Cumulus Media Aug 01, 2016






