Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

U.S. Women's Hockey Wins Gold Medal in OT Over Canada
(WBAP/KLIF) -- MILAN (AP) - The U.S. women's hockey team delivered an Olympic comeback for the ages by beating Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday. W...
Mike Traina Feb 19, 2026

Two North Texas Schools Shut Down Due to Bomb Threats
(WBAP/KLIF) -- WFAA News 8 -- Several North Texas high schools reported bomb threats on Wednesday and two were closed as a result, police said. Anna, Coppell and Duncanville High Schools all reported ...
Rusty Cooley Feb 18, 2026

Judge Declares Mistrial for Those Arrested in Connection With July Ambush of North Texas Ice Facility
A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the federal case against nine people charged in connection with a July ambush on a North Texas ICE detention facility in Alvarado. The nine defendants face d...
Rusty Cooley Feb 17, 2026

Civil Rights Leader Reverend Jesse Jackson Has Died at 84
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assa...
Sybil Summers Feb 17, 2026 info.grabowski-foto.pl / Depositphotos.com

Attorney General Ken Paxton To Attend GOP Rally
(WBAP/KLIF) -- (AP) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be in an unfamiliar setting Monday night: heading his first campaign rally since the Republican announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate 1...
Mike Traina Feb 16, 2026

Dallas Man Gets Almost 30 Years for Heroin Trafficking
(WBAP/KLIF) -- A Dallas man has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for trafficking heroin. 37-year-old Adan Mendoza pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute heroin an...
Mike Traina Feb 13, 2026

After Suing TikTok & Roblox, Texas Now Targeting SnapChat
(WBAP/KLIF) -- After suing TikTok and Roblox, the State of Texas is now going after Snapchat. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Snap, Inc. for the app's addictive design, as well as ...
Mike Traina Feb 12, 2026

Two North Texas Fentanyl Traffickers Headed to Federal Prison
(WBAP/KLIF) -- Two North Texas men will spend decades behind bars for fentanyl trafficking. 24-year-old Nathan Jesse Garcia of Dallas and 25-year-old Lino Hernandez of Arlington both plead guilty to m...
Mike Traina Feb 11, 2026

Trump administration says El Paso airspace closure was tied to Mexican cartel drones
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration has reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded a...
Bruce Collins Feb 11, 2026

Person detained in Guthrie kidnapping case released
Officials say the person who was detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has been released. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Wednesday morning that deput...
Bruce Collins Feb 11, 2026









