Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
1 Million Vaccine Doses Expected in Texas by Year’s End
Texas Governor Greg AbbottTX.gov AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - More than 1 million Texans are expected to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of the month as part of the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. ...
Dec 18, 2020
Army-Air Force Football Coming To Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Army and Air Force are taking their football rivalry to a neutral site for the first time in more than a half-century. The service academies will play next year at the Te...
Dec 18, 2020
North Texas Police Officer Found Dead
(WBAP/KLIF) — A North Texas police officer has been found dead. University Park police Sergeant Robert Ramsey was found dead, Thursday morning, at Lake Tawakoni. The 12-year law enforcement vete...
Dec 18, 2020
Medical City Dallas Gives Front Line Workers Pfizer Vaccine
(WBAP/KLIF) — Medical City Healthcare began administering the FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer to front line caregivers in Dallas, Thursday. Medical City-Dallas emergency room technicia...
Dec 18, 2020
The Dallas Foundation Awards Local Nonprofits with Funding to Fuel Employment Opportunities
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A local non-profit aimed at helping minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs was awarded $50K from The Dallas Foundation. Through the Pegasus Prize, The Dallas Foundation ...
Dec 17, 2020
GPFD Launches First Fire Truck-Mounted Attenuator Program in the United States
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Grand Prairie Fire Department has launched an innovative way to help curb highway accidents. The department has Launched the first fire truck-mounted attenuator program ...
Dec 17, 2020
Second COVID-19 Vaccine Clears Major Hurdle
(Photo Illustration by Konstantinos Zilos/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine. The action Thursday...
Dec 17, 2020
Architecture Firm Selected To Design The New Community Park at Fair Park
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) - Landscape Architectural firm Studio-MLA has been selected to design the new Community Park that will replace over one thousand parking spaces at Fair Park. The new park is the fir...
Dec 17, 2020
Meet the Candidates for Dallas Police Chief
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The hiring process for the next chief of police in Dallas continues. The seven finalists answered questions of the city council this week that aired live on the department&#...
Dec 17, 2020
Texas Virus Cases and Hospitalizations Continue to Rise
DALLAS (AP) - Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Texas rose again Wednesday with numbers that signaled a dark holiday season on the way despite early vaccinations providing some comfort that an...
Dec 17, 2020
