Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Two Tarrant County Men Arrested, Charged with Assaulting Officers in Jan 6 Capitol Riot
Donald Hazard [photo courtesy Dep. of Justice] NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two more North Texans have been arrested for allegedly assaulting officers in the Jan.6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. T...
Dec 15, 2021
COVID-19: Threat Level Up in Tarrant County, Lowered in Dallas County
(Photo: WFAA)Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant County Public Health Director on Tuesday reported an increase in COVID-19 cases. Vinny Taneja reported “110 cases per 100,000 popul...
Dec 15, 2021
OJ Simpson a ‘completely free man’; parole ends in Nevada
OJ Simpson hearing the verdicts in his murder trial – FacebookLAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson is a free man.The 74-year-old former football hero and actor, acquitted California murder defendant an...
Dec 15, 2021
Prosper Mayor Admits to Never Getting Out of His Truck After Accident; Case Referred to Grand Jury [WATCH]
Ray Smith, Mayor, City of Prosper, TX (WFAA screenshot) Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – In connection with a December 6th crash that left a 72-year old motorcyclist hospitalized with serious inj...
Dec 15, 2021
US COVID Death Toll Hits 800,000, a Year into Vaccine Drive
UNDATED (AP) The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 800,000. That is according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. The once-unimaginable milestone was hit Tuesday. It’s seen as ...
Dec 14, 2021
House Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt in Jan. 6 Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capi...
Dec 14, 2021
Plano Council Approves Name Changes for City Buildings and Park
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano City Council members, on Monday, unanimously approved new names for three City Buildings to honor three long-time dedicated civil servants.The Gerald P. Cosgrove Public...
Dec 14, 2021
NY Ethics Board tells Former Governor Cuomo to Return Book Money
CNN File PhotoALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Former Governor Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to give up the millions he was paid to write a book about his response to...
Dec 14, 2021
Local Disaster Relief Groups Plan to be in Kentucky for Weeks
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Disaster relief organizations in DFW expect their recovery efforts in Kentucky to continue for weeks following last weekend’s deadly tornadoes.Texas Baptist Men deploy...
Dec 14, 2021
Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Pill 89 % Effective Against Severe Illness, Works Against Omicron
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – As pharmaceutical companies race to develop treatments to battle COVID-19 and its mutations, Pfizer confirmed Tuesday its experimental pill is effective against the o...
Dec 14, 2021
