Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Nearly 15,000 Texans Have Died Due to COVID-19

Nearly 15,000 Texans Have Died Due to COVID-19

(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 15,000 Texans have died due to COVID-19 after another 77 fatalities occurred Tuesday.  Two of those deaths were in Denton county, bringing the Denton death toll to 109. Dallas county has 1,000 Coronavirus deaths, Tarrant county 636, and Collin county 138. Texas has a total of over 716,000 positive results out of nearly…MORE

Fort Worth Approves $1.9 Billion Budget

Fort Worth Approves $1.9 Billion Budget

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council approved a $782 million fiscal 2021 general fund budget Tuesday and voted to keep the property tax rate at 74.75 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The general fund budget is only a portion of the city’s Capital and Operating Budgets that total just under $2 billion for fiscal…MORE

Dallas Police Expand Surveillance Camera Program

Dallas Police Expand Surveillance Camera Program

Four Additional businesses in the City of Dallas are being fitted with surveillance cameras that are connected to, and monitored by, the Crime Center at the Dallas Police Department. Major Jim Lewis says since the Starlight Program began with three locations in October 2019 and has led to a nearly 40 percent reduction in calls…MORE

Fort Worth Police Make Arrest on a 1974 Cold Case Murder of Carla Walker

Fort Worth Police Make Arrest on a 1974 Cold Case Murder of Carla Walker

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Police have made an arrest in the 46-year old cold case murder of a 17-year old Western Hills student who was brutally attacked and killed in 1974. 77-year old Glen McCurley is charged with capital murder in the death of Carla Walker. Police say McCurley was responsible for the attack…MORE

Court, COVID, Race are Topics for First Trump-Biden Debate

Court, COVID, Race are Topics for First Trump-Biden Debate

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will face off on the Supreme Court, the coronavirus pandemic and race and violence in the nation’s cities next week when they meet for their first presidential debate. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates on Tuesday announced the six topics for the first face-to-face…MORE