Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

LISTEN: WBAP EXCLUSIVE: Bonnen Tapes Revealed

LISTEN: WBAP EXCLUSIVE: Bonnen Tapes Revealed

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A conservative activist is backing up his allegations of corruption against Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen with audio recordings. Michael Quinn Sullivan claims Bonnen and State Representative Dustin Burrows offered him media credentials last summer in exchange for Sullivan’s political action committee targeting 10 GOP incumbents in the 2020 primaries. “Let’s go…MORE

LISTEN: WBAP EXCLUSIVE: Bonnen Tapes Revealed

LISTEN: WBAP EXCLUSIVE: Bonnen Tapes Revealed

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A conservative activist is backing up his allegations of corruption against Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen with audio recordings. Michael Quinn Sullivan claims Bonnen and State Representative Dustin Burrows offered him media credentials last summer in exchange for Sullivan’s political action committee targeting 10 GOP incumbents in the 2020 primaries. Sullivan released…MORE

Former Forth Worth Officer Bonds Out of Jail After Being Charged With Murder

Former Forth Worth Officer Bonds Out of Jail After Being Charged With Murder

UPDATED 10/15/19  8:04AM”   Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The former Forth Worth police officer arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman in her home over the weekend, has bonded out of jail. Aaron Dean resigned Monday before the interim chief had a chance to fire him. He was arrested later in…MORE

A Johnson County Couple is Getting Ready For a ‘Visit’ From President Trump

A Johnson County Couple is Getting Ready For a ‘Visit’ From President Trump

Johnson County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Before his big campaign rally at the American Airlines Center Thursday evening, President Trump will spend the early part of his day in Johnson County where WFAA-TV spoke to a couple who is simply thrilled! “The leader of the most powerful nation in the world is coming to see me…MORE

Trial To Begin Of Suspect In Transgender Woman’s Beating

Trial To Begin Of Suspect In Transgender Woman’s Beating

DALLAS (AP) – A trial begins this week for a man accused of the savage beating of a Dallas transgender woman who was killed a month later in an unrelated homicide. Jury selection is set for Tuesday and testimony is expected to begin Wednesday in the aggravated assault trial of Edward Dominic Thomas . Police…MORE

Releasing Gun Photo Inappropriate, Fort Worth Chief Says

Releasing Gun Photo Inappropriate, Fort Worth Chief Says

After a white Fort Worth police officer fatally shot a black woman inside her home, police swiftly released body camera footage that depicted the moments before the shooting, saying they were doing so in the interest of transparency. But that footage also included blurry photos of a handgun found inside the home, leading many to…MORE

Fired Fort Worth Police Chief and His Attorney Weigh In On Atatiana Jefferson Shooting

Fired Fort Worth Police Chief and His Attorney Weigh In On Atatiana Jefferson Shooting

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fired Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald and his attorney are weighing in on the fatal shooting of a Dallas woman by a Fort Worth police officer. 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed early Saturday morning during what was supposed to be a welfare check. It happened just before…MORE

Tarrant County Sheriff’s Son Arrested for Public Intoxication and Indecent Exposure

Tarrant County Sheriff’s Son Arrested for Public Intoxication and Indecent Exposure

Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The son of the Tarrant County Sheriff was arrested for public intoxication and indecent exposure Friday. The arrest of Sergei Waybourn near AT&T Stadium Friday came just days after Sheriff Bill Waybourn said during a White House gathering, that many undocumented immigrants in his jail are repeat DUI offenders . The…MORE

Family Seeks Answers After Police Kill Texas Woman at Home

Family Seeks Answers After Police Kill Texas Woman at Home

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while responding to a neighbor’s call about an open front door “didn’t have time to perceive a threat” before he opened fire, an attorney for the woman’s family said. “You didn’t hear the officer shout, ‘Gun, gun,…MORE