Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas Mayor: Make Policing Work ‘Without defunding or dismantling’

Dallas Mayor: Make Policing Work ‘Without defunding or dismantling’

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a written column for RealClearPolicy, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson touted several Dallas public safety initiatives. In the column titled, ‘We Must Make Policing Better Without ‘Defunding’ or ‘Dismantling,’ Mayor Johnson wrote that instead of talking about stripping funding from police departments for other programs amid an uptick in violent crime, local…MORE

Wichita Falls Resident Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charge

Wichita Falls Resident Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charge

Wichita Falls, (AP) – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia. 28 year old Seth Pendley of Wichita Falls entered his plea before a federal magistrate judge . Pendley admitted he told an undercover FBI agent posing as an explosives supplier that he wanted to…MORE

Six Injured When Truck Cuts Off Border Patrol Van

Six Injured When Truck Cuts Off Border Patrol Van

Van Horn (WBAP/KLIF) – At least six people were injured Thursday when an 18 wheeler cut off a Border Patrol van on a West Texas highway, and forced it off the road. Border Patrol spokesman Greg Davis says it happened on Interstate 10 about two miles east of Van Horn. Davis says the van carrying…MORE

Dan Patrick Announces Re-Election Run in 2022 for Lt. Governor

Dan Patrick Announces Re-Election Run in 2022 for Lt. Governor

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – In a video released to the media today, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick officially announced that he is running for re-election in 2022. “I am running for re-election in 2022. Democrats are bragging again that they are going to turn Texas blue and I am not about to let that happen. We will…MORE