Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Pizza Delivery Driver Assaulted And Robbed In Dallas

Pizza Delivery Driver Assaulted And Robbed In Dallas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A pizza delivery driver was robbed, kidnapped, and beaten Saturday in north Dallas. The 35 year old woman had just delivered a pizza at an apartment complex a block or so from the interchange of the President George Bush Turnpike and the Dallas North Tollway when a heavy set Latin man pulled…MORE

Judge Blocks Asylum Rules Changes

Judge Blocks Asylum Rules Changes

Phoenix (AP) – A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum rules changes less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The changes had been set to take effect Monday. The judge’s ruling has limited immediate impact because the government has largely suspended all asylum at the U.S.-…MORE

Christmas Tree Fire Nearly Burns Down McKinney House

Christmas Tree Fire Nearly Burns Down McKinney House

McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – A Christmas tree fire damaged a McKinney home Saturday. Firefighters say the residents of that home put their left over Christmas tree in their home fireplace to burn it, but the tree was much larger than the fireplace so only the top of the tree would fit. When they put a match…MORE

Texas Coronavirus Hospitalizations Near 14,000

Texas Coronavirus Hospitalizations Near 14,000

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – State health officials say Texas coronavirus hospitalizations continue to edge closer to the 14,000 level as the string of record hospitalizations continues. State statistics show more than 13,900 COVID-19 patients hospitalized Friday in Texas. That marks the state’s 12th consecutive daily hospitalization record. The 372 new fatalities Friday bring the COVID-19…MORE

Bush Family’s Texas Home May Become National Park

Bush Family’s Texas Home May Become National Park

Midland (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas house where former U.S. President George W. Bush spent his childhood is under study for possible designation as a national park. The National Park Service has scheduled a January 26 virtual meeting to review a special resource study on what has been named the George W. Bush Childhood Home. George…MORE