Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Houston Area Gas Explosion Injures 7

Houston Area Gas Explosion Injures 7

Klein (AP) – Seven people have been injured in a natural gas explosion near Houston. Comcast workers reportedly struck a gas line while working in Klein on Friday. CenterPoint Energy crews that were brought in to fix the line struck a larger, 6 inch gas line that sparked the explosion. All seven of the injured…MORE

Alaska Native Group, Neiman Marcus Settle Lawsuit 

Alaska Native Group, Neiman Marcus Settle Lawsuit 

Juneau, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska Native cultural organization and the Dallas based luxury department store Neiman Marcus have settled a lawsuit over the sale of a coat with a copyrighted, geometric design borrowed from Indigenous culture. The Sealaska Heritage Institute says it has agreed to work with Neiman Marcus and 11 other defendants to…MORE

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