Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Texas Lawmakers Considering More DNA Samples In An Effort to Solve More Cases
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers are considering whether to expand DNA laws and allow samples to be taken from more defendants in criminal investigations. Existing Texas law only mandates DN...
Apr 07, 2019
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Out, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan In
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her job amid growing frustration by the administration over the number of southern border cr...
Apr 07, 2019
Benbrook house fire injures painter
One person was injured over the weekend when a house exploded into flames on the southwest side of Fort Worth near Benbrook. A painter was working inside the house Saturday evening when it suddenly ca...
Apr 07, 2019
Texas woman sent to prison for selling her children
Corpus christi (wbap/klif) – A Corpus Christi woman is going to prison for selling her 7 year old son, and trying to sell two of her daughters. Esmeralda Garza was convicted on at least five fel...
Apr 07, 2019
Dallas Union Station Becomes Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Union Station in Dallas Saturday is renamed in honor of U S Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson. Widely recognized as a trailblazer for the city of Dallas, and a cham...
Apr 06, 2019
On Trip To Texas, Vice President Mike Pence Said Venezuela’s President “Must Go”
HOUSTON (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence talked about the political turmoil and economic crisis in Venezuela on a visit to Texas. Pence spoke Friday in Houston at Rice University’s Baker I...
Apr 06, 2019
Faster Bond Hearings For Immigrants Who Are Seeking Asylum
SEATTLE (AP) – A federal judge says the U.S. government must give bond hearings more quickly to immigrants caught on the border who pass initial asylum screenings. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pec...
Apr 06, 2019
Wounded state trooper released from Frisco hospital
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas state trooper who was shot in a Frisco apartment complex parking lot a week ago has been released from the hospital where he was treated for his injuries. Trooper Tr...
Apr 06, 2019
Gun Bill Dead After Activist Shows Up to Texas Speakers House
(WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas House Speaker says a bill supporting constitutional carry is dead after a supporter of the bill showed up at his home. According to Speaker Dennis Bonnen, Chris McNutt, e...
Apr 05, 2019
Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Allen Raid Represent 15 Countries
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – More information is being learned about the 284 illegal immigrants arrested this week at CVE Technology Group in Allen. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland S...
Apr 05, 2019
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