Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Work Search Requirement Returns For Unemployed Texans
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The work search requirement will soon be reinstated for all Texans receiving unemployment insurance benefits. Work search is a federal requirement to receive unemployment be...
Jun 17, 2020
FTW Police Officer Faces Months in the Hospital After Suffering ‘Catastrophic’ Injuries
FTW Police Officer Matt Brazeal (WFAA screenshot) Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth Police are asking for prayers for one of their comrades following what’s being described as ‘cat...
Jun 17, 2020
Tarrant County Commission Approves ICE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A partnership between Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Tarrant county will continue. The partnership known as “287-G” trains county jailers to determine ...
Jun 17, 2020
Trump Signs Executive Order on Police Reform
WASHINGTON (AP) - Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that would encourage better police practice...
Jun 16, 2020
Dallas County Commissioners Declare Racism as Public Health Crisis
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to declaration racism a public health crisis in Dallas County. Commissioner John Wiley Price outlined ten steps the co...
Jun 16, 2020
Two More Teens Charged in North Dallas Woman’s Murder on Memorial Day
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – There are new developments in the murder of a North Dallas woman shot to death in her driveway on Memorial Day. Dallas Police arrested two more teens in connection to L...
Jun 16, 2020
13-Year Old North Texas Boy Reels in Huge Tiger Shark in Port Aransas
Port Aransas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A a young teenage fisherman from Weatherford made the catch of a lifetime in Port Aransas off the Corpus Cristi coast. 13-year old Micah Harless got an assist from...
Jun 16, 2020
Steroid Shows Promise In Helping Improve Covid-19 Survival
(AP) – Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve survival from COVID-19. A steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill ho...
Jun 16, 2020
House Demands COVID19 Loan Info from Treasury, Mnuchin Says ‘They don’t have to be public’
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The House subcommittee investigating billions of dollars in coronavirus aid is demanding that the Trump administration...
Jun 16, 2020
Governor Abbott Takes Aim at 20-29 Year Olds Amid COVID-19
(WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Texas has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases throughout the month of June. But Governor Greg Abbott told KRGV-TV there has been particularly large increase in confirmed cases fo...
Jun 15, 2020
