Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

DISD Adds At-Home Learning
Some students in DISD will now have an in-home learning option. The district hopes this new option will appeal to folks who are nervous about sending their kids back to school for fear of catching the...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2021

Man Surrenders After Active Bomb Threat Outside Library of Congress
Updated at 1:45pm: WASHINGTON (AP) – The man who claimed to have bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement, ending an hourslong standoff. The man, identifie...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2021

US Jobless Claims Hit a Pandemic Low as Hiring Strengthens
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fourth straight time to a pandemic low, the latest sign that America’s job mar...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2021

Amid Texas’ Mask Mandate Ban, Paris ISD Makes Masks Part of District Dress Code
Paris, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – While the legal battle rages on regarding masking up in Texas schools one district has found a ‘go-around’ to Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on mandates. Pa...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2021

Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law to Ban Abortion Procedure
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 2017 law in question h...
Cumulus Media Aug 19, 2021

Fort Worth City Leaders Approve I-35w Designation for Atatiana Jefferson
Atatiana Jefferson FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council voted to establish a memorial designation on I-35W to honor Atatiana Jefferson, a Fort Worth woman killed by a former police offi...
Cumulus Media Aug 18, 2021

Fort Worth Public Library Launches Program to Help Fort Worth Educators
Provided by the City of Fort Worth FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Public Library is offering new Educator Cards to teachers and homeschool instructors. This special card is offered to educator...
Cumulus Media Aug 18, 2021

TCU Football is 90 Percent Vaccinated
TCU Coach Gary Patterson – Pinterest TCU football coach Gary Patterson said his team is getting closer to 100 percent vaccination. The horned frogs now sit at 90-percent vaccination, according t...
Cumulus Media Aug 18, 2021

US Troops can’t Escort Afghans to Kabul Airport
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Photo courtesy CNN PENTAGON (AP) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. military doesn’t have the capacity to extend security forces beyond the...
Cumulus Media Aug 18, 2021

Suspect in Shooting that Prompted Blue Alert Arrested in Arlington
Photo: Joshua Lee Green, APD ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities announced on Wednesday that an arrest has been made in a shooting that triggered a statewide blue alert. A blue alert indicates t...
Cumulus Media Aug 18, 2021









