Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas Police Chief Returns To Work Amid Summer Crime Spike

Dallas Police Chief Returns To Work Amid Summer Crime Spike

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas’ police chief is set to return to work Monday. Chief Rene Hall has been on medical leave since the middle of July, though neither Hall nor the city has said exactly why. On Monday, she will return to her post, which in the interim has been occupied by Assistant Chief…MORE

Texas Gun Rights Lobby Pushing Back on Calls For New Laws

Texas Gun Rights Lobby Pushing Back on Calls For New Laws

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ muscular gun-rights lobby swiftly pushed back after Gov. Greg Abbott raised the possibility of tighter firearms laws in response to a gunman killing 22 people at an El Paso Walmart. The resistance could test the relationship between gun-rights groups, Abbott and the state’s Republican leadership, which eased gun restrictions after…MORE

State Fair of Texas Announces Winners of the 2019 Big Tex Choice Awards

State Fair of Texas Announces Winners of the 2019 Big Tex Choice Awards

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The State Fair of Texas has announced the winners of the 2019 “Big Tex Choice Awards!” And the winners are (drumroll)…“Best Taste – Savory” goes to Ruth’s Stuffed Fried Taco Cone by Ruth Hauntz (featuring slow-cooked barbacoa served in an ice cream cone-shaped tortilla. Big Red Chicken Bread presented by Brent…MORE

Flames And Smoke Reportedly Coming From An Apartment Complex in Arlington

Flames And Smoke Reportedly Coming From An Apartment Complex in Arlington

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police & Fire personnel reportedly responded to a 4-Alarm fire at an apartment complex in Arlington Sunday afternoon. Pictures and video show orange flames & black smoke coming from the roof of at least one building, near the intersection of Arkansas Lane and Felder Road. According to Arlington Fire Department’s Twitter…MORE

Dallas Police Asking For Help From The Public

Dallas Police Asking For Help From The Public

UPDATE:  August 25, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. Gabriella Janet Stock has been located and is safe.*  The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a critical missing female. Gabriella Janet Stock was last seen on foot, August 25, 2019, at about 2:10 a.m. in the 5700 block of Harvest Hill Lane. …MORE

Dallas Police Asking For Help From The Public

Dallas Police Asking For Help From The Public

The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a critical missing female. Gabriella Janet Stock was last seen on foot, August 25, 2019, at about 2:10 a.m. in the 5700 block of Harvest Hill Lane.  Ms. Stock is a White female 20 years old. She is 5’4, weighs 130 pounds, and…MORE

Dallas Police Are Looking For Answers, After Man & Woman Found Shot in Driveway

Dallas Police Are Looking For Answers, After Man & Woman Found Shot in Driveway

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas police are looking for answers after two people were found in a driveway with multiple gunshot wounds early Saturday morning. According to Police, they were dispatched to Cicero Street about 12:15a.m. When they arrived they found 39-year old Jennifer Hernandez and 26-year old Kenneth Wesley, shot on the driveway. Hernandez…MORE

Police Are Investigating After Man’s Body Found Floating in Trinity River

Police Are Investigating After Man’s Body Found Floating in Trinity River

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – According to Fort Worth Police, a body was found floating in the Trinity River Saturday morning around 10a.m. Police are now trying to figure out how the man died. The victim has not yet been identified. Police said the body was discovered near I-30 and Highway 287, and the incident is…MORE

$35 Million In Repairs For Battleship Texas Ship

$35 Million In Repairs For Battleship Texas Ship

LA PORTE, Texas (AP) – Officials say Sunday is the last day for the public to visit to the Battleship Texas near Houston before the 107-year-old vessel undergoes repairs. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says during the closure, staff will be securing thousands of artifacts on board the ship and will remove large exhibit…MORE

Two suspects arrested for mid-August double killing

Two suspects arrested for mid-August double killing

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A second suspect has been arrested for the August 15th murders of two men in a Dallas game room. Dominic Cortez and Mark Noriega were shot to death in the game room near Military Parkway and North Jim Miller Road by two men who forced their way in through a back door.…MORE