Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

CHICAGO (AP) – A judge has set a $100,000 bond for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of staging an attack against himself in downtown Chicago last month. The 36-year-old...

Rep. Matt Shaheen AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A bill presented in the Texas House of Representatives would reward good teachers with higher pay. Representative Matt Shaheen proposed the legislation and...

Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington Police have arrested a woman suspected of robbing three North Texas banks. The woman, identified as Alexis Young is charged with robbing the Compass Bank in Arl...

Senator John Cornyn Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn, who is up for re-election in 2020, sent a letter to supporters Wednesday saying, “We need to be ready anything,”...

CNN photo EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A West Texas border county and a nonprofit civil rights group have jointly filed a lawsuit in federal court aiming to overturn President Donald Trump's national emergen...

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Some Arlington homeowners, renters and businesses may soon be required to have flood insurance. The City will roll out new flood insurance maps next month to update the areas of...

Courtesy WFAA DALLAS (AP) – The family of a 12-year-old girl who died in a natural gas explosion at her Dallas home has released cellphone video the girl recorded in the minutes leading up to th...

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) _ A 7-week old baby in Parker County is hospitalized and fighting for his life with brain damage and neck injury. His mother’s boyfriend is jailed in connection with the baby&...

Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) A Poteet High School student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly bringing a gun to school. According to Mesquite police, some students notified an administrator that another studen...

Angela PaxtonFacebook photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday that a bill she filed that would change state securities law "has literally nothing to do" w...