Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Another Houston Area Resident Charged In US Capitol Riot

Another Houston Area Resident Charged In US Capitol Riot

Houston (AP) – The FBI says it has arrested a Houston area man accused of throwing a desk drawer and other items at officers, and smashing a window during the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. The FBI’s Houston office says Shane Jenkins was arrested Friday morning at his home. Agents allege Jenkins used a…MORE

Texas Woman Who Killed Expectant Mother Charged in Death of Unborn Baby

Texas Woman Who Killed Expectant Mother Charged in Death of Unborn Baby

(WBAP/KLIF) — Prosecutors filed a second murder charge against a Texas woman accused of killing an expectant mother and removing her baby. 28-year-old Taylor Parker was originally charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of 21 year old Regan Michelle Simmons-Hancock. On Thursday, a Bowie grand jury also charged Parker in the death of…MORE

Over a Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses En Route to Texas

Over a Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses En Route to Texas

(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas is set to receive over a million COVID-19 vaccine doses, next week.  Sccording to state officials the vaccines will consist of first doses, along with almost a quarter-million being the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The federal government will send more than 200,000 doses directly to pharmacies and federally qualified health…MORE

Plano Mother Demands Justice After 13-year-old Son was Beaten, Forced to Drink Urine

Plano Mother Demands Justice After 13-year-old Son was Beaten, Forced to Drink Urine

  PLANO (WBAP/KLIF)- A Plano mother and her attorneys met with Plano police asking for justice after her 13-year-old son was severely bullied. Summer Smith says in the video, her son SeMarion was bullied, tortured and forced to drink his teammates urine while they were yelling racial slurs at him. The incident took place at a…MORE