Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

A Fort Worth Woman Accused of Fraud, Burning Down Her Own Home

A Fort Worth Woman Accused of Fraud, Burning Down Her Own Home

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors allege that a woman burned down her $1.6 million suburban Fort Worth mansion while trying to destroy documents from her husband’s health care clinic as authorities were investigating the couple for fraud. A seven-count federal indictment, filed June 17, charges Mark and Melissa Kuper with conspiracy to commit health…MORE

Vice President Mike Pence Speaks at Dallas ‘Celebrate Freedom’ Rally

Vice President Mike Pence Speaks at Dallas ‘Celebrate Freedom’ Rally

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Vice President took a visit to Dallas Sunday morning to speak at a Dallas church and meet with state leaders to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Pence spoke at First Baptist Dallas Sunday morning for a the ‘Celebrate Freedom Rally’. In his 30 minute speech, Pence spoke about the accomplishments made…MORE

Texas House Speaker Says Not Wearing a Mask is Keeping Businesses Closed

Texas House Speaker Says Not Wearing a Mask is Keeping Businesses Closed

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The debate on if the government should be allowed to implement mask requirements rages on in Texas as the state halts its reopening due to a massive spike in confirmed cases and hospitalizations. Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen told WFAA’s Inside Texas Politics that if Texans want to see businesses re open…MORE

Baylor to review statues, buildings over links to slavery

Baylor to review statues, buildings over links to slavery

WACO, Texas (AP) – Baylor University regents are creating a panel to consider whether any statues, buildings or other tangible tributes on the Waco campus reflect a racist past. The regents adopted a resolution Thursday that recognizes that most of the university’s founding fathers were slaveholders, racists and white supremacists when the school was founded…MORE