Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Opening Weekend for Fort Worth Opera’s ‘JFK’
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – It is the opening weekend at the Fort Worth Opera for ‘JFK’ – an opera commissioned for the organization’s 70th anniversary. Fort Worth Opera Dir...
Apr 21, 2016
Death of Frisco Mom Found in SUV with 3 Live Children Ruled Suicide
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – The death of a Texas mother whose body was found in her SUV last month with her hungry, thirsty children alive beside her has been ruled a suicide. A Frisco police statement...
Apr 21, 2016
Cafe Workers Keep Watch on Brazos River
WEATHERFORD (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Brazos River Authority has started releasing water to take pressure off dams at Possum Kingdom Lake. The release is causing the water level to rise again downs...
Apr 21, 2016
Insurance Group: Texas Hailstorm Caused Record $1.36B Damage
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – An insurance industry group says a hailstorm that hit the San Antonio area last week proved to be the costliest in Texas history, with damage estimated at nearly $1.4 billion....
Apr 20, 2016
Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Preparedness This Weekend
(WBAP/KLIF) – It is the first of its kind Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Preparation Supplies. Generators, batteries, first aid kits as well as fuel containers and smoke detectors are just a sm...
Apr 20, 2016
FedEx Distribution Center Coming To Mesquite
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF) – FedEx will open a distribution center on the old site of Big Town Mall in Mesquite. The city’s Wayne Larson says the company will employ more than 500 workers. FedEx...
Apr 20, 2016
2 Dallas High Schools Among Best in the Country
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Two Dallas schools are considered among the best in the nation, according to a new report. For the 5th year in a row, the School for the Gifted and Talented in Dallas is consid...
Apr 20, 2016
Sinkhole Swallows Truck’s Tire
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A driver in Dallas found out about a sinkhole the hard way on Wednesday morning. He drove his pickup truck into the 4′ by 4′ crevice near Royal Lane and Web...
Apr 20, 2016
Report Finds State Fair Inflated Attendance Stats
Photograph courtesy of the State Fair of Texas. DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A report from Baylor University claims the State Fair of Texas inflated its attendance and economic impact numbers. The ...
Apr 20, 2016
Crime Continues in ‘Tent City’
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police in Dallas are investigating a stabbing at “Tent City.” Officers were dispatched around 9:00 p.m. Tuesday to the homeless encampment under Interstate ...
Apr 20, 2016
