Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Richland Highschool To Change ‘Rebels’ Mascot
Courtesy of WFAA-TV NORTH RICHLAND HILLS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As confederate statues across the country are being removed and buildings are being renamed due to associations with the confederacy and slav...
Jun 19, 2020
Texas A&M University Creates $100 million Scholarship Fund to Address Diversity Issues
COLLEGE STATION (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents created a special $100 million scholarship fund with the goal of making the A&M System's 11 universities better re...
Jun 19, 2020
Texas Restaurants Adjust to New Mask Requirements
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas restaurants are trying to figure out how to do business with some counties requiring masks and appropriate social distancing. Starting Saturday, Dallas County will req...
Jun 19, 2020
Profanity Laced Podcast Mocks Governor Abbott’s Wheelchair Use
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is denouncing audio posted online by a well-known conservative group. In the recording the podcasters are heard mocking...
Jun 19, 2020
Fort Worth Officer Dragged Under Stolen Vehicle in Stable Condition and Has ‘Long Road to Recovery’
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Fort Worth Police officer was critically injured after being dragged underneath a stolen vehicle. Officer Mather Brazeal, a 3 year veteran of the Fort Worth Police Department...
Jun 19, 2020
Austin Area School District Offering $68 Million in Tax Breaks To Reel In Tesla Plant
AUSTIN (AP) – Tesla wants to build an almost 5 million square foot manufacturing facility to the Austin area and a local school district is considering offering about $68 million to close the de...
Jun 19, 2020
Dallas County Issues Mask Requirement for Businesses
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Commissioners Court passed a measure with a 3 to 2 to vote on Friday to order all businesses in the county to require masks for any customers 10 years of a...
Jun 19, 2020
Austin City Leaders Weigh Cutting 100 Police Vacancies
Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin would cut 100 police officer vacancies and postpone the graduation of its July cadets as part of a broader effort to overhaul its ...
Jun 19, 2020
Frisco ISD Not Happy About Leaked Media Report
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath shared information with state lawmakers regarding instruction for the next school year. The...
Jun 19, 2020
Multiple Juneteenth Events Scheduled Across DFW
Courtesy of WFAA-TV DFW (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Citizens all over the state are celebrating Juneteenth, the holiday which celebrates the day slaves were freed in Texas in 1865. Multiple events are being hel...
Jun 18, 2020
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