Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Former Baylor Coach Art Briles Returns to Sideline Today

Former Baylor Coach Art Briles Returns to Sideline Today

MOUNT VERNON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former Baylor head football coach Art Briles returns to the practice field Monday. Briles was hired by Mount Vernon High School earlier this year to be its head coach. The team holds its first practice today, with Briles expected to meet the media for the first time since the hire.…MORE

Frisco Roughriders, Carter Hosting Blood Drive in Wake of El Paso Shooting

Frisco Roughriders, Carter Hosting Blood Drive in Wake of El Paso Shooting

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Frisco Roughriders and Carter BloodCare are teaming up with our media partners at WFAA-TV to help raise blood Monday night in the wake of this weekend’s deadly shooting in El Paso. The El Paso Police Department announced that city hospitals were in urgent need of blood after dozens were shot…MORE

Shooting Victims Include a Mom Who Died Protecting Her Baby

Shooting Victims Include a Mom Who Died Protecting Her Baby

In the border town of El Paso, Texas, a shooter opened fire and left 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a shooter killed 9 people and injured at least 27 others. Here are some of their stories: Jordan Anchondo was among those killed in El Paso, Anchondo’s…MORE

Federal Authorities Treating El Paso Attack as Domestic Terrorism Case

Federal Authorities Treating El Paso Attack as Domestic Terrorism Case

DALLAS (AP) – A rambling screed posted just before the El Paso shooting said the massacre was in response to the “invasion” of Hispanics coming across the southern border. It railed against the dangers of mass immigration, warned that Hispanics will eventually take over the economy and government, and argued that attacking “low-security” targets was…MORE

Ohio Shooter Who Killed 9 People Has Been Identified, Authorities Say

Ohio Shooter Who Killed 9 People Has Been Identified, Authorities Say

UPDATED 8/4/2019 7:59PM CT  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – The Latest on a deadly mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Nine white doves have been released at a vigil to honor the nine adults killed by a gunman in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio. Hundreds of people, mostly young adults,…MORE

Ohio Shooter Who Killed 9 People Has Been Identified, Authorities Say

Ohio Shooter Who Killed 9 People Has Been Identified, Authorities Say

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The shooter who killed nine people and injured dozens when he opened fire early Sunday in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, before being quickly killed by police was a man in his 20s named Connor Betts, a law enforcement official said. Betts was killed by police less than a…MORE

Dallas Police catch burglar/rapist

Dallas Police catch burglar/rapist

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – 24 year old Patrick Polk was arrested a few hours after a woman was attacked in her Fair Park neighborhood apartment. She told police she was awakened by the sound of someone rummaging through her things. That apparent burglar then attacked her, and sexually assaulted her. The forensics team came up with…MORE

20 People Dead, Two Dozen More Injured After Mass Shooting in El Paso

20 People Dead, Two Dozen More Injured After Mass Shooting in El Paso

The Latest: US officials consider death penalty for suspect UPDATED 7:48PM – EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department is seriously weighing federal hate crime charges against the El Paso shooting suspect that would carry the potential for a sentence of the death penalty. That’s according to a person familiar with the department’s decision…MORE