Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Texas Task Force Releases Concert Safety Report in the Aftermath of Astroworld Tragedy
[photo courtesy WFAA TV]AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – It’s been five months since 10 people were killed and more than 300 were injured due to a crowd surge during a Travis Scott concert at th...
Apr 20, 2022
Family of Slain Mesquite Teen Cleared to Sue Former Officer Involved
Roy Oliver (WFAA)New Orleans – WBAP/KLIF) – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has cleared the way for the family of a teen who was killed by a Balch Springs police officer fo...
Apr 20, 2022
Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis Files Challenge to Texas Abortion Law
(Photo: WFAA)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Former Texas lawmaker Wendy Davis sued Tuesday over the most restrictive abortion law in effect in the U.S., nearly a decade after her 13-hour filibuster of another a...
Apr 20, 2022
Verizon Offering Sign-On Bonuses for some DFW New Hires, Raises Base Pay for Employees
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Verizon is hoping to attract new talent by offering sign-on bonuses to some of its new hires in the company’s most competitive markets, which includes the Dall...
Apr 19, 2022
Mavs Even Series with Utah Jazz 1-1
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Maverick’s won game 2 in the playoff series Monday night at the American Airlines Center by beating the Utah Jazz 110 to 104.The Mavs overcame a 10 point de...
Apr 19, 2022
Masks Now Optional at DFW, Love Field, AA & SWA
(Photo: Clayton Neville)Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – In a statement released this morning, DFW Airport will no longer require customers or employees to wear a face mask, though anyone may cho...
Apr 19, 2022
Lunch-Time Brawl at North Forney High School
(WFAA)Forney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Total chaos broke at North Forney High School during the lunch hour Monday afternoon.Around 1 p.m. videos went viral showing the chaos. At one point several studen...
Apr 19, 2022
Galleria Art Exhibit Raises Money for Ukraine
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – An art exhibit inside the Galleria Dallas is generating humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine amid war.Artworks from Volta Voloshin-Smith, a part-Ukrainian, part Mol...
Apr 18, 2022
Florida Judge Voids US Mask Mandate for Planes, Other Travel
Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S....
Apr 18, 2022
Pope Makes Easter Plea for Ukraine Peace, Cites Nuclear Risk
(WFAA)VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis has made an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine and in other wars in the world. After celebrating Easter Sunday Mass for tens of thousands of faithful in St. ...
Apr 17, 2022
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