Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Lynn County Sheriff Dies After Fight with COVID-19

Lynn County Sheriff Dies After Fight with COVID-19

LYNN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Lynn county sheriff Abraham Vega died Saturday after battling the Coronavirus. Vega was diagnosed with COVID-19 recently and was put on a ventilator for nine days at a hospital in Lubbock before being airlifted to Dallas on July 7th. No more information on his death is available at this time. Vega…MORE

Dallas County Reports Over 1,100 New COVID-19 Cases on Sunday

Dallas County Reports Over 1,100 New COVID-19 Cases on Sunday

NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- North Texas COVID-19 numbers rise again. Dallas County on Sunday reported 1,174 new cases of Coronavirus and two deaths. This brings the county total to 33,800 with 451 deaths Tarrant County reported 404 new cases and four deaths. 694 total residents have been hospitalized with over 8000 making full recoveries. 272…MORE

Salvation Army Activates Cooling Stations as Heat Advisory Continues

Salvation Army Activates Cooling Stations as Heat Advisory Continues

DFW (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As Texas sees enters the hottest time of the year the salvation army has activated multiple cooling stations throughout north Texas. These stations will provide portable fans, air conditioning, and ice cold water bottles. DFW remains in a heat advisory through Monday and highs will remain in the upper 90’s throughout the…MORE

21 Injured in Explosion and Fire on Naval Ship in San Diego

21 Injured in Explosion and Fire on Naval Ship in San Diego

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Twenty-one people have suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego. The blaze called in shortly before 9 a.m. on the USS Bonhomme Richard. The cause is under investigation. Officials don’t immediately know where on the 840-foot amphibious assault vessel the…MORE

Dallas Police Seek Help in Apparent Homicide

Dallas Police Seek Help in Apparent Homicide

DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police ask for help with information to solve the apparent shooting murder of an as-yet unidentified Black woman Saturday night.  Police say about 5:30 pm, the woman, who’d been shot several times, ran to a barbershop at 2652 Cedar Crest Road, and collapsed.  Police say she later died at an…MORE