Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Fort Worth Man Pleads Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty

Fort Worth Man Pleads Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty

(WBAP/KLIF) — A Fort Worth man pleads guilty to killing a fellow college student in Louisiana.  24 year-old Brandon Theesfeld avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to first degree murder in the death of 21 year old Ally Kostial. In 2019, Theesfeld reportedly took the young woman to a lake near campus to discuss Kostial…MORE

Southwest Airlines Cuts Daily Flights for 2021

Southwest Airlines Cuts Daily Flights for 2021

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – If you’ve got a flight with Southwest Airlines you better make sure it hasn’t been canceled. The Fort Worth base airline is reducing its flight schedule for the remainder of the year. The cancelations are due to numbers factors including the rise in COVID-19 cases impacting travel, and Southwest staff claiming to…MORE

Ida Aims to Hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina Anniversary

Ida Aims to Hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina Anniversary

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. “The forecast track has it headed straight towards New Orleans. Not good,” said Jim Kossin, a senior scientist…MORE

US Presses on with Evacuations Despite Fears of More Attacks

US Presses on with Evacuations Despite Fears of More Attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States pressed on into the final days of the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan amid tighter security and warnings of more possible attacks Friday, a day after a devastating suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed well over 100 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members. The U.S. said more bloodshed…MORE