Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Clean Up and Damage Assessment Continues at Fort Worth Hotel Explosion Site

Clean Up and Damage Assessment Continues at Fort Worth Hotel Explosion Site

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A number of agencies are working to identify the cause and assess structural damage from the explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth Monday afternoon. The blast injured 21 people, one critically and four seriously. Miraculously, no one was killed in the explosion. In an update…MORE

If It Feels Like a Monday….

If It Feels Like a Monday….

DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – If bracing for the first blast of intense and very serious cold weather approaching North Texas is not enough, the WBAP Morning News Team offers you a glimpse into the madness caused by a building-wide fire alarm check, featuring loud audio tones and flashing strobe lights that refuse to turn off.…MORE

Defense Secretary Treated for Prostate Cancer

Defense Secretary Treated for Prostate Cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said Tuesday. The 70-year-old Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Dec. 22 and underwent surgery to treat the cancer.…MORE

Reunion Tower Talks Activities for This Month

Reunion Tower Talks Activities for This Month

Reunion Tower is gearing up for a month full of lights! “Tonight (Tuesday) we are gold in honor of the late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson,” Marketing Manager, Jenna Guinn, said. “And then on the eleventh, we’re going purple for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. On the thirteenth, we’re celebrating DFW Airport’s fiftieth anniversary. And then…MORE

Zula B. Wylie Library to Host Annual MLK Day Celebration

Zula B. Wylie Library to Host Annual MLK Day Celebration

The Zula B. Wylie Library in Cedar Hill is continuing its annual MLK Day Community Celebration with a special guest. “We are excited this year to be bringing Elliot Jones,” Library Director, Aranda Bell, said. “He is the grandson of Maya Angelou. He will be reflecting on how she used her voice, and specifically her…MORE