Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Grand Prairie Fire Officials Confirm at least Two Deaths After Small Plane Crashes Near Highway 360
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Grand Prairie Fire Department has confirmed two deaths after a small plane crashed onto a service road near Highway 360 and Mayfield Near the Arlington Border. The Feder...
Dec 21, 2020
Texas Capitol Reopening after being Closed over Virus Fears
(Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Capitol is reopening to the public. Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced Monday that the public will be allowed back...
Dec 21, 2020
AG: ‘No reason’ for Special Counsel on Election, Biden’s Son
(Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – Outgoing Attorney General William Barr says he sees “no reason” to appoint a special counsel on potential election fra...
Dec 21, 2020
Veteran Tarrant County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Dies of COVID-19
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office is mourning one of their own. 50-year-old Lieutenant Craig King died of COVID-19 Saturday after battling the virus for...
Dec 21, 2020
Funds Available For Displaced Texas Workers and Colleges Students to ‘Re-skill’ or ‘Up-skill’
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In an effort to help displaced workers in the Texas, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently doled out over $18-million to 49 colleges and universities ac...
Dec 21, 2020
Massive Delays for Christmas Package Deliveries
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Postal Service has acknowledged that it’s having problems with the unprecedented amount of packages being mailed during t...
Dec 21, 2020
Feds Announce Operation To Reduce Violent Crime In Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Federal officials have announced an effort to reduce violent crime in Austin, one of many U.S. cities that have seen an increase in murders and other violent crime during th...
Dec 21, 2020
FTW Man Released From Prison After Serving Quadruple DWI Fatality Sentence
Parker County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth man convicted in the quadruple intoxication manslaughter deaths of 4 Brock High School students in 1998 was released from prison last month, accordin...
Dec 21, 2020
Special Election Fills State Senate Seat
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A state legislator has won a state senate runoff against Dallas hair salon owner Shelley Luther. Representative Drew Springer who was backed by Governor Greg Abbott defeated...
Dec 20, 2020
California’s Semifinal College Football Bowl Game Will Be Played In Texas.
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – California state health restrictions won’t allow the Rose Bowl to have fans attend the game in person during that state’s resurgent pandemic, so the organizer...
Dec 20, 2020
