Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Fort Worth Officer on Restricted Duty For ‘Racially Insensitive’ Social Media Post
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police say an officer has been put on restricted duty over a racially insensitive post on social media. The department released a statement saying this past weekend,...
Feb 01, 2021
Dallas to Change Scheduling System at Vaccine Hub After Weekend Problems
Courtesy WFAA-TV DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas will be changing the scheduling system for the COVID-19 vaccination site set up at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown...
Feb 01, 2021
Former Dallas Cowboys Tight End Jason Witten Named Head Football Coach at Argyle Liberty Christian
(AP Photo/Ron Jenkins) ARGYLE (WBAP/KLIF)- A former long time Dallas Cowboy tight end will be coaching a local high school football team. Jason Witten has been named the head coach at Liberty Christia...
Feb 01, 2021
DHS Gives TSA Authority to Enforce President Biden’s Mask Mandate on Commercial and Public Transport
[photo courtesy WFAA]WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The requirement of wearing a mask while taking public transportation now has federal backing. The Department of Homeland Security has given the...
Feb 01, 2021
Dallas’s Largest St. Paddy’s Day Parade Canceled for 2021
WFAA Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas St. Patrick’s Parade will not step off down Greenville Avenue next month. On the parade’s official Facebook page, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cub...
Feb 01, 2021
Beloved Navarro County Health Director Dies of COVID-19; Bravely Opted Not to Go on Ventilator
Dr. Kent Rogers – Facebook Navarro County, TX (WBAP/KLID) – Amid a long battle with COVID-19 the Navarro County health director died Saturday afternoon. According to a post on his Facebook...
Feb 01, 2021
Dallas Teams Up With Methodist After KBH Vaccine Debacle
(Methodist Health System) Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) The city of Dallas has partnered with Methodist Health System to help distribute over 47-hundred dozes of the pfizer vaccine arriving this week. Mayor Eric...
Feb 01, 2021
Arlington Police Are Asking For Help
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington Police are asking residents in and around the 900 block of Timberview Lane to check their outdoor surveillance videos for any sign of vehicles driving through t...
Jan 31, 2021
Vaccine Shots for 9/11 Prisoners Now On Pause
Washington (AP) – The U.S. is backing off for now on a plan to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to the 40 prisoners held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Pentagon chief spokesman John...
Jan 30, 2021
Undocumented Man Shot Trying to Cross into the U.S.
Hidalgo, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man trying to cross the border into the United States in Hidalgo, Texas. The agency says in...
Jan 30, 2021
