Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

US Employers Ratchet Up Pressure On the Unvaccinated
(Photo by Victoria Jones – Pool / Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) - Employers are losing patience with unvaccinated workers. For months, most employers relied on information campaigns, bonuses and o...
Cumulus Media Aug 03, 2021

Rural NTX Struggling to Get COVID Vaccination Rates Up; Hospitalizations Surge
(WFAA) Cleburne, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The push continues to vaccinate eligible Texans as the Covid delta variant is increasingly impacting people who have not been vaccinated. Rural counties in nort...
Cumulus Media Aug 03, 2021

Graham 1st Vaccinated Senator to Test Positive for COVID-19
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham has tested positive for the coronavirus. The South Carolina Republican is the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after ...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

State and Local Officials Celebrate the Early Completion of the $370 million I-635/SH 121 Project
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and NorthGate Constructors celebrate the completion of the I-635/SH 121 Interchange Project north of DFW Airport. This $370 millio...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

A Staggered Start to the School Year Begins in North Texas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas school district is beginning the school year in phases. Students and staff at five Dallas ISD schools returned to the classroom on Monday for what will be a lo...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

Dallas County District Judge Requires Masks in Court Buildings
(Frank Crowley Courthouse) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A District Judge in Dallas county is requiring masks inside the court room. Judge Maricela Moore issued an order requiring masks be worn inside al...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

North Texas Police Departments Express Condolences for Austin Officer Killed in Crash
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police departments across North Texas including Arlington, Mansfield, Rockwall and Flower Mound are expressing condolences for an Austin police officer recently ki...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

Simone Biles Is Back In The Olympics
Facebook photo TOKYO (AP) – U.S. gymnast Simone Biles plans to compete in the balance beam finals on Tuesday. Just a little over a week ago, the 24-year-old Biles stepped away from competition t...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

82-Year Old Man Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Swindle Political Donors
(AP) – An 82-year-old Southern California man has pleaded guilty to defrauding thousands of donors out of more than $250,000 given to phony political action committees purported to be associated...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021

Lightening Strikes Attributed to at 3 House Fires in Tarrant County Sunday
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Severe weather that moved across the metroplex Sunday afternoon caused some wind damage in parts of Tarrant County. Officials also say that lightening strikes likely cau...
Cumulus Media Aug 02, 2021









