Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Rangers Add to Young Foundation Before Moving to New Stadium

Rangers Add to Young Foundation Before Moving to New Stadium

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers will be at spring training in Arizona while the finishing touches are being put on their new $1 billion-plus stadium back home. All-Star slugger Joey Gallo also likes what is being built on the field. Texas traded for two-time AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber this offseason after…MORE

Mother Who Flipped Truck on I-30 Looks To Thank People Who Saved Her Life

Mother Who Flipped Truck on I-30 Looks To Thank People Who Saved Her Life

  FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A Burleson mom is grateful to be alive after she flipped her truck with her two year old inside on I-30 in Fort Worth. Now, 33 year old Ryanne Moody said in an interview with WFAA that she is looking to thank the citizens that helped her and her son survive. “I would…MORE

ACLU Sues ICE Over Allen Raid

ACLU Sues ICE Over Allen Raid

HOUSTON (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is suing the U.S. government over a raid near Dallas where immigration officials arrested 280 workers. The lawsuit is in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s refusal to release the search warrants used in the April raid at CVE Technology Group in Allen. The lawsuit…MORE

Southwest Airlines Employees Earn $667 Million In 2019 Profit Sharing

Southwest Airlines Employees Earn $667 Million In 2019 Profit Sharing

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – NYSE: LUV announced this week that it will share $667 million with its Employees through its Profit Sharing Plan for 2019, which includes a discretionary, incremental profit sharing award for compensation from The Boeing Company related to the 2019 financial impact of the MAX groundings. The $667 million profit sharing award is equivalent to $1.8 million a day and…MORE

Hundreds of People Came to Honor 21 Unaccompanied Veterans Laid to Rest

Hundreds of People Came to Honor 21 Unaccompanied Veterans Laid to Rest

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- At least 300 people came to the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery to honor 21 former military service members who’s next of kin or loved ones could not be there. Douglas Maddox Assistant Cemetery Director said this ensures no veteran is buried alone. “I am continually overwhelmed with the amount of love and…MORE

Federal Hate Crime Charges against Alleged El Paso Mass Shooter

Federal Hate Crime Charges against Alleged El Paso Mass Shooter

WASHINGTON (AP) – The government has filed hate crime charges against a man who said he was targeting Mexicans and shot to death 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in August. Word of the changes comes from a person familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press. That source…MORE

After Acquittal, Trump Unleashes Fury at Impeachment

After Acquittal, Trump Unleashes Fury at Impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office while looking ahead to his reelection campaign. Trump, triumphantly waving a newspaper front page — “ACQUITTED” — denounced his political foes, declared the impeachment proceedings a…MORE

Commerce Restaurant Destroyed by Mystery Driver

Commerce Restaurant Destroyed by Mystery Driver

COMMERCE, TX (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Cravings Fish Fry in Commerce was destroyed late Wednesday night after a unknown driver crashed through the front of the restaurant. The driver then decided to leave the car and escape on foot. The driver has not been found. Owner Sandy Ramsery found out that her restaurant had been destroyed at…MORE

Fort Worth Police Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old Nikaili Waldrup

Fort Worth Police Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old Nikaili Waldrup

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fort Worth police are asking the public to help find a missing teen who vanished this week. 15-year-old Nikaili Waldrup was last seen February 4th. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance have not been released. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports about 800,000 children are reporting missing each…MORE

Dallas Man Convicted of Killing 5 Family Members to be Executed

Dallas Man Convicted of Killing 5 Family Members to be Executed

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A man is now set to become the 2nd person executed in Texas this year. Nearly 18 years ago in 2002, Abel Ochoa stepped out of his bedroom high on crack cocaine and shot his wife, two daughters, father-in-law, and two sister-in- -laws in his Dallas home. One of his sister-in-laws was…MORE