Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Suspect Shot after Plano Police say he Opened Fire Inside Police Headquarters
(Photo: Plano Police Department) PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A man was hospitalized Sunday after Police said her opened fire inside Plano Police Headquarters. According to Police, Officers responded to ...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2021

Masks In School Cases Will Be Settled In Court
Washington (AP) – The often-heated debate over whether returning students should wear masks in their classrooms has moved from school boards to courtrooms. In at least 14 states including Texas,...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2021

COVID-19 Is Swamping Health Investigators
Undated (AP) – Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections, and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once s...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2021

Voting Rights Rallies Target Proposed Laws
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Thousands of voting rights advocates rallied across the country Saturday, calling for sweeping protections against what they see as a further erosion of the Voting Rights A...
Cumulus Media Aug 29, 2021

Dangerous Hurricane Ida – Could be the worst since the 1850s.
UPDATE: Hurricane Ida has made landfall on Grand Isle, Louisiana, packing sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, 7 miles an hour shy of Category 5 status, and howling wind gusts to 185 miles an hour. M...
Cumulus Media Aug 28, 2021

President Biden Warns More Attacks Likely as U S Drawdown Begins
UPDATE: Officials say a U.S. military drone strike on a vehicle reported as packed with explosives and headed to the Kabul airport for another suicide bombing mission destroyed the vehicle in the city...
Cumulus Media Aug 28, 2021

Southwest Airlines Cuts Daily Flights for 2021
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – If you've got a flight with Southwest Airlines you better make sure it hasn't been canceled. The Fort Worth base airline is reducing its flight schedule for the remainder of...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2021

Ida Aims to Hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina Anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the Nationa...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2021

US Presses on with Evacuations Despite Fears of More Attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United States pressed on into the final days of the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan amid tighter security and warnings of more possible attacks Friday, a day after a dev...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2021

Governor Abbott Orders Texas Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of U.S. Service Members Killed in Kabul Attack
(Photo: Governor Abbott) AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has ordered Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff to honor the U.S. service members who lost their lives during an attac...
Cumulus Media Aug 27, 2021









