Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

AAA Texas: July 4th Travel Prediction Setting New All-Time High State Travel Volume
COPPELL (WBAP/KLIF)- Approximately 3.7 million Texans, are expected to travel during the Independence Day holiday weekend (July 1-5), according to travel forecast data from AAA Texas. This is the grea...
Cumulus Media Jun 22, 2021

Collin County Grand Jury Clears Eight Officers of Charges related to Marvin Scott III in Custody Death
(Photo: Justice for Marvin Scott III) Collin County (WBP/KLIF)- Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced today that a Collin County Grand Jury has no-billed eight former detention officer...
Cumulus Media Jun 22, 2021

COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Coming to an End
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Federal unemployment benefits tied to Covid-19 are coming to an end. Benefits will end Saturday in the state of Texas. In may, Gov. Greg Abbott, announced that Texas was opt...
Cumulus Media Jun 22, 2021

Dallas Father Drowns In Oklahoma Lake Saving His Son
[photo courtesy of GoFundMe]DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas family is heartbroken after what was supposed to be a Father’s Day celebration turned into a tragedy. 47-year-old Carlos Loma...
Cumulus Media Jun 22, 2021

[UPDATED] Amber Alert Issued For 2 Dallas Children [FOUND SAFE]
UPDATED 8:45AM 6/22/21 Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The man who was the subject of an Amber Alert last night has surrendered to police and will be charged with murder. 24-year old Curtis Everett Jeter w...
Cumulus Media Jun 21, 2021

American Airlines Points to Labor Shortage as Changes are made to Flight Schedule
(Photo: American Airlines) FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Potential changes in the American workforce are impacting the number of flights scheduled by a DFW based airline. American Airlines is blaming...
Cumulus Media Jun 21, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Faces another Republican Challenger
(Photo: Texas for Eva Guzman) (WBAP/KLIF) – Another Texas Republican threw her hat into the ring in the race for state Attorney General on Monday. Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman a...
Cumulus Media Jun 21, 2021

Voting Debate Roils Washington But Leaves Many Voters Cold
Beto O’Rourke and the AFL-CIO held a voting rights rally in Austin on Sunday.— Getty Images PLANO, Texas (AP) - Brenda Martinez, a 19-year-old community college student, thinks the governm...
Cumulus Media Jun 21, 2021

[UPDATED] Free Tickets for Addison Kaboom Town [SOLD OUT]; But You Can Still Get on the Lawn
UPDATED 6/22/21 6:30AM Addison (WBAP/KLIF) – And just like that, they’re gone! As a testament to the popularity of Addison’s Kaboom Town, free tickets to the Independence Day firewor...
Cumulus Media Jun 21, 2021

Gubernatorial Candidate Don Huffines Says Gov. Abbott ‘Stole’ His ‘Texas Wall’ Idea [WATCH]
(WFAA) Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Texas State Senator Don Huffines who has mounted a primary challenge to Governor Abbott next year, says the incumbent governor ‘stole’ his Texas bor...
Cumulus Media Jun 21, 2021









