Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

[VIDEO] A Texas A&M Student from Frisco, Critically Injured by Impaired Teen Driver

[VIDEO] A Texas A&M Student from Frisco, Critically Injured by Impaired Teen Driver

Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – Friends and family of a Texas A&M student from Frisco are offering prayers and support after she was severely injured after being hit by a drunk driver on campus Saturday. Dozens of people who know A&M sophomore Carolyn Beatty gathered outside her alma mater, Frisco Centennial High School last night for a…MORE

Some Good Comes Out Of Dallas Crane Collapse

Some Good Comes Out Of Dallas Crane Collapse

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF)  Hundreds of people who used to live in the Elan City Lights Apartments in Dallas are donating their left behind furniture to the nonprofit VolunteerNow. Instead of letting the left-behind pieces go to waste, previous residents are allowing VolunteerNow to accept good-condition sofas, lamps, entertainment centers and patio furniture to sell in its…MORE

Tent Courtrooms Open to Process Migrants Waiting in Mexico

Tent Courtrooms Open to Process Migrants Waiting in Mexico

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tent courtrooms opened Monday in two Texas border cities to help process thousands of migrants who are being forced by the Trump administration to wait in Mexico while their requests for asylum wind through clogged immigration courts. The court in Laredo opened with a judge who appeared by videoconference. Critics have…MORE

Fort Worth, Dallas Mayors Share the Stage Discussing Public Safety and Working Together

Fort Worth, Dallas Mayors Share the Stage Discussing Public Safety and Working Together

IRVING (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson share the stage for the 1st time at the North Texas Commission luncheon for a conversation on regionalism, their goals for working together and the challenges and opportunities the North Texas Region faces. Both spoke about their individual efforts for public safety and gun…MORE

Amber Guyger Trial to Remain in Dallas County

Amber Guyger Trial to Remain in Dallas County

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The murder trial for Amber Guyger will remain in Dallas County. The defense had asked the Judge to move the trial because of media coverage in the Dallas area. But prosecutors argued that the former Dallas Police Officer’s trial stay in dallas because news coverage wasn’t pervasive enough to influence the jury.…MORE

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to Open in City’s West End

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum to Open in City’s West End

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas’ West End officially becomes home to the ‘Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum’ this week. The museum opens to the public Wednesday in a 55,000 sq-foot building equipped with holographic technology. The museum tells the stories of holocaust victims and survivors. “When visitors come to Dallas this is going to be…MORE

Report: Vapes Spiked with Illegal Drugs Show Dark Side of CBD Craze

Report: Vapes Spiked with Illegal Drugs Show Dark Side of CBD Craze

(AP) – An Associated Press investigation shows a dark side to booming sales of the cannabis extract CBD. Some people are substituting cheap and dangerous street drugs for the real thing. As a result, vapes and other products marketed as helping a range of ailments instead have sent dozens of people to emergency rooms because they…MORE

Central Texas 5th Grader Dies of Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in Brazos River

Central Texas 5th Grader Dies of Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in Brazos River

Fort Worth, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A 10-year girl from Bosque County has died, 8-days after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba. The parents of Lily Mae Avant say the 5th grader came down with the illness shortly after swimming in the Brazos River last Sunday. Our media partner, WFAA-TV reports the young girl was being…MORE

Texas Health Officials Warn of E-Cigarette Dangers

Texas Health Officials Warn of E-Cigarette Dangers

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Tarrant County Health officials say they’ve had eight reported cases of e-cigarette related lung illness. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the cases are being investigated by state health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 400 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses and six deaths have occured in 26…MORE