Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
State Lawmakers Aim to Give Teachers a Raise…Is It Enough?
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas teachers are a step closer to getting a pay raise. Senate Bill 9 provides a $2,000 pay increase for teachers, while giving educators in districts with fewer than 20,000 stude...
Apr 08, 2023
Texas Launches Big Money Campaign to Combat Fentanyl
(PHOTO: Office Of The Governor)AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced two major statewide initiatives to combat the growing national fentanyl crisis during his One Pill Kills Summit...
Apr 08, 2023
A New Task Force Targets Prostitution, Guns, and Drugs
(WBAP/KLIF) — A new task force has been formed in Tarrant County to combat rising crime at hotels and motels. The White Settlement Police Department’s new Hotel-Motel Task Force aims to cr...
Apr 07, 2023
UNT Receives $3.8 Million to Train Mental Health Counselors
(WBAP/KLIF) — With school shootings crisscrossing the nation, the focus centers on the mental health of students and adolescents.$3.8 million in Federal grant money secured by Senator John Corny...
Apr 07, 2023
What’s Next for Tennessee’s Expelled Lawmakers?
NASHVILLE, TN – APRIL 06: Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville gestures during a vote on his expulsion from the state legislature at the State Capitol Building on April 6, 2023 in Nas...
Apr 07, 2023
Justice Thomas Says he Didn’t Have to Disclose Luxury Trips
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he wasn't required to disclose the many trips he and his wife took that were paid for by a Republican m...
Apr 07, 2023
New Mexico Police Fatally Shoot Man After Responding to Wrong Address
Fox News (WBAP/KLIF) – The New Mexico State Police released additional information Thursday on a deadly shooting that happened the day prior in Farmington after officers mistakenly responded to ...
Apr 07, 2023
Suspect Arrested After Over 15-Hour SWAT Standoff in Pantego
(WFAA screenshot)UPDATED: 9:30AM Pantego, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An over 15-hour SWAT situation in the town of Pantego, just outside Arlington has ended. The suspect was taken into custody just before...
Apr 07, 2023
Biden Review of Chaotic Afghan Withdrawal Blames Trump
File Photo (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaot...
Apr 06, 2023
Paxton Earns Court Win Against Biden Administration
(WBAP/KLIF) — A major court victory for the Texas Attorney General. In December of 2021, Ken Paxton sued the Biden Administration over a plan to force children and teachers to wear masks in all ...
Apr 05, 2023
