Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Texas Governor Joins Push to Add Police to Hate Crime Laws
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is joining a growing number of state lawmakers wanting to make attacks against police officers a hate crime. Abbott said Monday he will ask the Texas ...
Jul 19, 2016
New Baylor AD Rhoades Sees Opportunities, Not Challenges
DALLAS (AP) – Mack Rhoades knows mistakes have been made at Baylor, but the school’s new athletic director says he sees opportunities and not challenges. Rhoades says he doesn’t pret...
Jul 19, 2016
Textbook Reignites Mexican-American Studies Flap in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Activists and educators say a Mexican-American studies textbook proposed for use across Texas is biased and poorly researched. They argued Monday that its contents are espec...
Jul 19, 2016
Lawyers for Bikers Charged in Waco Shooting Want DA Removed
WACO, Texas (AP) – Two attorneys defending bikers charged in last year’s shooting outside a Waco restaurant that left nine dead say the local district attorney should be removed from the c...
Jul 19, 2016
Fort Worth Apartment Fire
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Investigators are trying to figure out what started an apartment fire in Fort Worth. Flames hit the Manzana Grove apartments in the Woodhaven area. Three units were impa...
Jul 19, 2016
Who was the Baton Rouge Cop Killer?
BATON ROUGE, L.A. (CNN) – Gavin Long shot six cops, killing three of them, on his 29th birthday. Investigators trying to figure out why a Marine sergeant would eventually murder police in broad ...
Jul 18, 2016
Report: Perry Spent $2.6M on Attorneys to Beat Felony Case
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has spent more than $2.6 million of his state campaign funds beating a felony abuse-of-power case that he says hurt his second presidential bid....
Jul 18, 2016
2 More Bikers File Suit over Waco Shooting Involving Police
WACO, Texas (AP) – Two bikers arrested after a shooting involving police outside a Waco restaurant have filed lawsuits against local officials, alleging civil rights violations. The Waco Tribune...
Jul 18, 2016
Hundreds Attend Vigil for 2 from Texas Killed in France
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Hundreds of people have attended a candlelight vigil for a Texas father and son who were killed in the truck attack in Nice, France. The Austin American-Statesman reports La...
Jul 18, 2016
Prosper Candlelight Vigil
PROSPER (WBAP/KLIF) – A memorial service in Prosper for a father and son among the 84-people who died in last week’s attack in Nice France. Sean Copeland and his 11-year-old son Brodie wer...
Jul 18, 2016
