Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Recount of the Dallas County March Primary Election Votes Announced

Recount of the Dallas County March Primary Election Votes Announced

WBAP/KLIF – DALLAS –  Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole announces a recount of the Dallas County primary elections in March, after discrepancies were found with thumb drives from 44 of the precinct scanner and tabulator machines. Of the 44 thumb drives, 16 were not received in a timely manner at the elections department, it’s…MORE

Lawsuit Filed Against Website for Selling Santa Fe High School Shooter Ammunition

Lawsuit Filed Against Website for Selling Santa Fe High School Shooter Ammunition

WBAP/KLIF –  A lawsuit has been filed by the parents of one of ten slain victims of the May, 2018 shooting at Texas’ Santa Fe High School.  The parents of a Pakistani exchange student filed the suit, accusing the website of breaking federal law by failing to verify the age of suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis.  He…MORE

Coronavirus Patients Reportedly Trapped After Hotel In China Collapses

Coronavirus Patients Reportedly Trapped After Hotel In China Collapses

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A hotel in Southeastern China serving as a quarantine for coronavirus patients has reportedly collapsed. Initial reports indicated 70 people were inside at the time of the collapse. With roughly 38 already rescued, there are dozens more still trapped in the rubble. Here in the U.S., more than 330 people have…MORE

Dallas Police Investigate Fatal Shooting; Ask Public for Help

Dallas Police Investigate Fatal Shooting; Ask Public for Help

DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police say the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office will work to identify a gunshot victim found dead with a shot to the head outside an apartment at the Monticeto Creek Apartments on Wickersham Road early Saturday morning.  Police say the victim did not have identification on his person, and so…MORE

More Houston Area Residents Test Positive For Coronavirus

More Houston Area Residents Test Positive For Coronavirus

HOUSTON (AP) – The number of Houston-area residents testing positive for the new coronavirus has reached eight with the positive tests on two suburban Houston women in their 60s. The results on the two Fort Bend County women came Friday after Houston reported its first city residents testing positive for the virus – a man…MORE

Body Cam Video in Police Shooting of a Texas College Student

Body Cam Video in Police Shooting of a Texas College Student

DENTON, Texas (AP) – Body camera footage shows police shocked a Texas college student holding a frying pan and a cleaver twice with a stun gun before an officer fatally shot him. Darius Tarver was advancing toward police carrying the pan when an officer shot him twice at an apartment building in Denton, a community 40…MORE

Two alarm fire damages Dallas condominium complex

Two alarm fire damages Dallas condominium complex

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue fought a two alarm fire Saturday morning in a two story condominium complex near the intersection of Greenville Avenue and Lovers Lane. Two of the building’s condos were damaged by fire. Two were damaged by smoke and water. Seven residents were displaced, but there were no injuries. The cause of…MORE

Two alarm fire damages Dallas condominium complex

Two alarm fire damages Dallas condominium complex

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue fought a two alarm fire Saturday morning in a two story condominium complex near the intersection of Greenville Avenue and Lovers Lane. Two of the building’s condos were damaged by fire. Two were damaged by smoke and water. Seven residents were displaced, but there were no injuries. The cause of…MORE

US sending military police to Texas border crossing

US sending military police to Texas border crossing

El Paso (AP) – The U.S. government says it’s sending 160 military police and engineers to two official border crossings, one of them in Texas. It’s a precaution aimed at possible asylum seekers in case a federal appeals court strikes down one of the Trump administration’s key immigration policies. The deployment of active duty personnel…MORE

Dallas Police Asking for Public’s Help Searching for Critically Missing Person

Dallas Police Asking for Public’s Help Searching for Critically Missing Person

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a critically missing person. The man is 80-year-old Estanisalo Garza and was last seen on foot at the 2200 block of Andrews Street wearing a dark colored shirt, dark blue pants, glasses, and a baseball cap. He is a Latin…MORE