Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

EPA Demolishes Contaminated Site in Dallas

EPA Demolishes Contaminated Site in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began the demolition of an old electroplating facility in South Dallas on Thursday. The Lane Plating Superfund Site is located at 5322 Bonnie View Road. Lane Plating Works, Inc., is a former electroplating facility that operated for more than 90 years. The facility conducted hard chromium and…MORE

Body of Missing Collin County Woman Found in Grand Prairie

Body of Missing Collin County Woman Found in Grand Prairie

UPDATE: 1/20/2023 9:30PM – Ferguson is now charged with murder in the death of Kayla Kelly. He remains jailed on one million dollars bond. MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the body found Wednesday night on Prairie Oak Blvd in Grand Prairie is that of 33-year-old Kayla…MORE

Alec Baldwin to be Charged With Manslaughter in Set Shooting

Alec Baldwin to be Charged With Manslaughter in Set Shooting

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico movie set. Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being shot during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of…MORE

Strengthening the Texas Power Grid Could Mean New Rate Hikes for Customers

Strengthening the Texas Power Grid Could Mean New Rate Hikes for Customers

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Public Utility Commission of Texas today is expected to adopt a plan that will ultimately raise electricity rates for consumers, with hopes that it will spur the building of new gas-powered power plants. The proposed “performance credit mechanism” would pay power companies that produce electricity to be available when there’s an…MORE

Body Found in Grand Prairie Amid Search for Missing Collin County Woman

Body Found in Grand Prairie Amid Search for Missing Collin County Woman

UPDATED: 9:38AM Collin County (WBAP/KLIF) – A man accused of kidnapping Kayla Kelley of Collin County has now been charged with arson. Ocastor Ferguson is a person of interest in the case. It’s believed he and Kelley were involved in a relationship and she recently found out he was married. The new charge comes after…MORE