Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Coronavirus Threat Level Rises In North Texas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County announced late Friday night it has increased its coronavirus threat level to orange for unvaccinated people. County Judge Clay Jenkins says the change was made...
Jul 24, 2021
Can Herschel Walker Become A Winning Politician?
Atlanta (AP) – Former Dallas Cowboy Herschel Walker appears to have a coveted political profile for a potential Senate candidate in Georgia. He was a football hero at the University of Georgia b...
Jul 24, 2021
Abbott to Provide Safety for Texans at the Border
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Department of Public Safety crews have cleared out a prison 100 miles north of Laredo to make room for illegal immigrant detainees. According to Jeff Monosso, the Texas gover...
Jul 23, 2021
Perot Museum and Dallas Afterschool Team Up to Provide 15k Wonder Kits to Schools, Nonprofits
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Summer learning loss has been prevalent for decades, but this year the problem is bigger, considering the tumultuous year young people faced with hybrid and remote learning. Scienc...
Jul 23, 2021
DSHS Launches New Round of Pop Up Vaccine Events as Delta Variant Spreads
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise in Texas is prompting the Texas Department of State Health Services to again hit the road to promote vaccinatio...
Jul 23, 2021
Independent Investigation Finds No Evidence of Ticket-Writing Quota at Richardson Police Department
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A recently released independent investigation found no evidence of a ticket-writing quota at the Richardson Police Department. The department came under suspicion a...
Jul 23, 2021
Arlington Firefighter Dies While on Vacation in Cancun
Elijah B. Snow (Arlington Fire Department) Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arlington Fire Department is grieving the loss of one of their comrades. 35-year old Elijah Snow died under suspicious circ...
Jul 23, 2021
Big 12 Leaders Discuss How to Keep Texas and OU
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Big 12 leaders held a call without Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to discuss how to keep the league's flagship schools from bolting to the Southeastern Conference - and contingency...
Jul 23, 2021
Unvaccinated Kids Contracting COVID Delta Variant; More Republicans Now Say ‘Get the shot’
(WFAA) WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant se...
Jul 23, 2021
Texas Begins Jailing Border Crossers On Trespassing Charges
Courtesy: WFAA TV AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border. Authorities said Thursday that at least 10 people have been jail...
Jul 23, 2021
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