Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Mesquite Officers Now Wear Cowboy Hats
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Mesquite Police Department now gives their officers an alternative to the traditional standard issued hat. Many are now wearing cowboy hats. Chief Charles Cato sa...
Jan 17, 2017
AP Source: GM to Announce $1B Investment
DETROIT (AP) – A person briefed on the matter says General Motors will announce a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs. The investment will be announ...
Jan 17, 2017
Super Bowl Ticket Prices Drop After Cowboys Loss
DALLAS (WBAP & KLIF News) — Resale ticket prices for the Super Bowl have gone down since the Dallas Cowboys were knocked out of the playoffs Sunday. Before the Cowboys lost to the Green Bay ...
Jan 17, 2017
Texas lawmakers attempting to raise legal smoking age
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — For many years Texas Democrats have been trying to raise the state smoking age to 21 and this year they might actually get it done. Rep. John Zerwas, a Richmond Republi...
Jan 17, 2017
Facebook CEO to Testify in Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit in Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Oak Cliff helping residents plant fruits and vegetables in the neighborhood’s community garden. T...
Jan 17, 2017
National Weather Service Confirms Four North Texas Tornadoes in Weekend Storms
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Weather Service is confirming four tornadoes from the storm system that ripped through North Texas Sunday with more possible. The four confirmed include a t...
Jan 16, 2017
Early Applications on Rise at Baylor Despite Assault Scandal
WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University is seeing its second-highest number of early applicants in school history despite a broad sexual assault scandal that’s spawned lawsuits and recriminat...
Jan 16, 2017
Hundreds Attend MLK Rally in Ft. Worth
Ft. Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – Hundreds of people lined the streets of Fort Worth and attended a rally on Sundance Square Plaza Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Day. “A lot of these sch...
Jan 16, 2017
Reports of Storm Damage, Power Outages Across North Texas
Photo Courtesy of WFAA NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – About 4,000 residents were without power Monday morning and dozens of homes were damaged after severe weather tore through parts of North Te...
Jan 16, 2017
Weather Strands Fans, Players After Dallas-Green Bay Game
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – A tornado warning after Green Bay’s victory over Dallas in an NFC divisional playoff kept some fans, the entire Packers contingent and a few Cowboys players inside ...
Jan 16, 2017
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