Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

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...

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...

(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...

UNDATED (AP) – According to a court document, a 7-year-old Dallas girl whose mother was recently arrested in her death was stabbed over 30 times. Madison Petry died after being stabbed on Thursd...

(WFAA) Texas (WBAP/KLIFI) – The Texas unemployment rate was 6.5% in May, down just a fraction [0.2%] of a percent from April. In a press release, the Texas Workforce Commission says Texas added ...

Dallas (AP) – Texas is transferring inmates from a state prison to make room for migrants detained by state authorities. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel says the pris...

Austin (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has followed through on his threat, and vetoed the new state budget’s provision for paying legislative staff. Abbott vetoed the legislative staff b...

(WBAP/KLIF) — A surge of migrants and asylum seekers continues to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border in the hopes of being allowed in. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz criticizes the Biden admini...

(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas man has been indicted on charges of murder and assault for allegedly opening fire at a cabinet-making company where he worked. 27 year-old Larry Bollin is accused of fatall...

(WBAP/KLIF) — A new study finds that female soldiers at army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts. More th...