Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Texas Senate Passes Contentious ‘Election Security’ Bill as House Democrats Remain MIA
The Texas voting bills that prompted state Democrats' flight to Washington this week include a raft of tweaks and changes to the state's election code. Some are dramatic, others highly technical, and ...
Cumulus Media Jul 15, 2021

Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne to Host North Texas Job Fair with over 130 Local Businesses.
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF)- Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne is hosting a North Texas Job fair office at the Irving Convention Center on July 15 from 1-6pm. The Congresswoman will be joined by over 40 local Mayor...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

Police: Grand Prairie Man Tries to Ram Officer on Motorcycle During a Traffic Stop, Officer Fires Gun
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- Grand Prairie Police are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred at around 3pm in the 3000 block of Corn Valley Road when a Grand Prairie Motorcycle Officer...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

Governor Abbott Announces $210 Million in Federal Emergency Funding for Mental Health Services
Gov. Greg Abbott AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is receiving more than $210 million in federal emergen...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

Dallas County GOP Chairman Rodney Anderson Announces Resignation
(Rodney Anderson, Twitter) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Rodney Anderson is stepping away from his post. Party Spokesman, Will Busby said Wednesday that the Dallas...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

Dallas Real Estate Developer and Reality TV Star William Hutchison Pleads Not Guilty in California Teen Rape Case
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas real estate developer and reality tv star William Hutchison pleaded not guilty to raping a 16-year-old girl at his Orange County, California vacation home while ...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

One Person Killed, Another Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on DNT
Photo (Mike Forbes/WFAA) Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas DPS troopers worked well into the overnight hours on the scene of a deadly wrong way crash on the Dallas North Tollway. Lonny Haschel with DPS...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

Death Toll Rises to 210 From February Texas Freeze
WFAA The deaths newly tallied by the Texas Department of State Health Services boost the toll from 151 to 210 deaths, most from exposure to the sometimes-subzero temperatures. Still, some were blamed ...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

Abortion Providers Challenge New Law In Texas
(Photo by Sean Rayford/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) UNDATED (AP) – A coalition of abortion providers and advocates are challenging in court a Texas law empowering private citizens t...
Cumulus Media Jul 14, 2021

GOP State Voting Restrictions ‘Un-American,’ Biden Declares
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – President Joe Biden is declaring that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” as he urges passage of federal legislation to combat efforts by Republican-...
Cumulus Media Jul 13, 2021









