Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Local Leaders Express Urgency in Correcting Failures that Contributed to Texas Power Outages
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County leaders are calling on state lawmakers to take action this legislative session regarding widespread power outages during last month’s winter storm that l...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Paxton Accused of ‘Obsessive, Bizarre Abuse of Power’ During Whistleblower Complaint Hearing
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (WFAA) Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Day two of a 2-day hearing continues in Austin today in the whistle-blower complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton. Former...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Boy Scouts Of America Submits Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
The Boy Scouts of America DOVER, Del. (AP) – The Boy Scouts of America has submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan that envisions continued operations of its local troops and national adventu...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Texas Top Utility Regulator Quits in Fallout Over Blackouts
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ top utilities regulator resigned Monday, in the widening fallout from blackouts triggered by an unusually heavy and widespread winter storm that left millions i...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

DFW Airport Gets $60-million in COVID Relief
File Photo DFW AIRPORT (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was given over $60-million in federal grant money to help to COVID-19 relief. Senator John Cornyn’s office anno...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

Texas Power Company Seeks Bankruptcy Protection After Storm
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (AP) – The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection citing last month’s winter storm that left m...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Griddy Energy Company After Customers Hit with High Bills
[photo courtesy of Twitter]AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fallout from the severe winter storm that hit Texas last month continues. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Gridd...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

Dallas County DA’s Office to Present Oral Arguments in Amber Guyger’s Appeal Case
Amber Guyger (WFAA) Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has served notice to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals of its intent to file oral arguments on Apri...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

Texas Jail Inmates Hungry, Shivering During Freeze
Photo courtesy WFAA AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - When an unusually heavy winter storm blanketed much of Texas with snow, knocking out electricity to millions of homes and leaving many struggling to find clean...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

Trump Calls for GOP Unity, Repeats Debunked Claims About Election Loss
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for GOP unity, even as he exacerbated i...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021









