Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

LISTEN: Dallas Mayor talks Second-Term, Ransomware

LISTEN: Dallas Mayor talks Second-Term, Ransomware

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson enters a second-term after running uncontested in Saturday’s May 6 municipal election. It’s not often that the Dallas Mayor runs without an opponent. “That hasn’t happened in this city since 1967,” Mayor Johnson toLD WBAP’s Saturday Morning News. “And from what I understand, it doesn’t happen very often…MORE

King Charles III Officially Crowned at Westminster Abbey

King Charles III Officially Crowned at Westminster Abbey

(WBAP/KLIF) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, receiving the bejeweled St. Edward’s Crown in a ceremony built on ancient tradition at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save the king!” at…MORE

Dallas Police Shoot Suspect Charging a Vehicle & Firing Weapon

Dallas Police Shoot Suspect Charging a Vehicle & Firing Weapon

(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas Police were forced to shoot an armed man along a Southeast Dallas street. Just after 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning, police received calls of a man carrying a gun in what officers describe as an armed encounter. As officer’s arrived, they found a man with a gun along a street near Liberty Park,…MORE

McKinney Police Fatally Shoot Man Armed with Machete, Texas Rangers Investigating

McKinney Police Fatally Shoot Man Armed with Machete, Texas Rangers Investigating

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Rangers are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in McKinney. It happened Friday morning at the American Inn Motel on West University Drive near Coleman Street. Officers were called to the scene around 5:17 a.m. after the McKinney Police Department received several 911 calls about an “active disturbance” at…MORE

Minnesota to Rename Highway After Prince Complete with Purple Signs

Minnesota to Rename Highway After Prince Complete with Purple Signs

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday. Purple signs will soon go up along a seven-mile stretch of State Highway 5 in the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie — designating it the Prince Rogers…MORE