Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Texas Takes on Biden but Republicans Keep Distance From AG
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As President Joe Biden's agenda is dealt an early blow in Texas, the embattled Republican attorney general promising more fights ahead with the new administration is getting littl...
Jan 29, 2021
Soldiers Mysteriously Sickened At Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss (AP) – The U.S. Army says eleven soldiers have been sickened by ingesting an unknown substance during a field training exercise at Fort Bliss. A statement released late Thursday says ...
Jan 29, 2021
DISD Has A Plan To Deal With Learning Regression
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas ISD School Board approved a pair of alternate calendars Thursday night, intended to help students who are falling behind because of the pandemic. DISD says 50% of...
Jan 29, 2021
Fort Bliss TX Soldiers Ingest Unknown Substance
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Army says eleven soldiers have been injured after ingesting an unknown substance during a field training exercise at Fort Bliss in Texas. A statement released l...
Jan 29, 2021
Walmart Expanding Operations in North Texas, Providing Jobs and Faster Service
LANCASTER (WBAP/KLIF)-Walmart is building a large sale e-commerce project in Lancaster that will create more than 1,300 jobs. The City of Lancaster Approved an $800 million investment for Walmart to b...
Jan 28, 2021
Southwest Airlines Reports First Full-Year Loss in Decades
(Southwest Airlines) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The impact of COVID-19 on the travel industry is evident in recent numbers posted by Dallas based Southwest Airlines. According to the company’s C...
Jan 28, 2021
Governor Abbott Takes Executive Action in Response to Federal Directives Aimed at the Energy Sector
(Photo: Office of the Governor) AUSTIN – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pushing back against recent action taken by President Biden aimed at the energy sector. “Texas is a pro-energy state,...
Jan 28, 2021
Biden Opens Sign-up Window for Uninsured in Time of COVID-19
(Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is ordering government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window. It will offer uninsured Amer...
Jan 28, 2021
Domestic Terrorism Alert Warns of More Extremists Violence Emboldened by US Capitol Riot
(Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – The Homeland Security Department has issued a national terrorism bulletin warning of the lingering potential for violence from p...
Jan 28, 2021
Haltom City Police: “Arrests’ Made in Killing of an Uber Eats Driver
Ryan Graham, 31 (GoFundMe) Haltom City, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Haltom City police have made arrests in the death of an UBER Eats delivery driver over the weekend. The body of Ryan Muncie-Graham, a 31-...
Jan 28, 2021
