Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

More CareNow Urgent Care Centers in Texas

More CareNow Urgent Care Centers in Texas

TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – North Texans are getting eight new CareNow urgent care locations. That after HCA Healthcare purchased 24 MedSpring urgent care centers from Fresenius Medical Care. This acquisition will result in a total of 45 different CareNow facilities serving North Texas. The other new centers will be scattered across the state. This move…MORE

City of Fort Worth responds to Atheist Banners Put up Downtown

City of Fort Worth responds to Atheist Banners Put up Downtown

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The city of Fort Worth responds to Atheist Group Banners put up Downtown. The Banner reads “In No God We Trust.” The City said they do not restrict religious messaging as long as it follows policies and procedures to display banners. The statement said The Metroplex Atheists purchased the banners that are…MORE

Independence Day Safety

Independence Day Safety

TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Independence Day is coming up this Thursday and many will be celebrating with food, drinks, and fireworks. But as you make the preparations for the festivities, it’s important to keep safety in mind. Daniel Armbruster with AAA Texas says, “In 2017, there were 1,024 people killed in motor vehicle crashes where…MORE

NTSB Recovers Cockpit Voice Recorder in Deadly Addison Plane Crash: ‘Comments of Confusion’

NTSB Recovers Cockpit Voice Recorder in Deadly Addison Plane Crash: ‘Comments of Confusion’

Update at 12:00pm: Federal officials investigating the crash of a small plane that killed 10 at the Addison Municipal Airport say they’ve recovered the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said the recording 2 hours of high quality audio including the accident. The recording had confused comments from the…MORE

Rangers and Angels Play Tuesday Night

Rangers and Angels Play Tuesday Night

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) -The Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels will resume play Tuesday night. Monday’s game, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, was postponed following the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. A moment of silence will be held before Tuesday’s game and the Texas Rangers Foundation will donate proceeds from the Texas 2 Split…MORE

Dallas County Commissioner’s Court Considering Voting Changes

Dallas County Commissioner’s Court Considering Voting Changes

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County Elections Office is asking the commissioner’s court to start using voting centers on election days to help increase voter turnout, ease congestion and decrease wait times. The move would allow voters to cast their ballots anywhere in the county instead of specific places. At a Dallas County commissioner’s…MORE

Viral Video of Woman Licking Tub of Blue Bell Ice & Returning It to Store Freezer

Viral Video of Woman Licking Tub of Blue Bell Ice & Returning It to Store Freezer

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – A video of a woman licking a tub of Blue Bell Ice Cream and then putting it back in a grocery store freezer has been viewed by millions, including Blue Bell officials. The video was posted by a Twitter user named “Optimus Primal,” with the caption, “What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?”.…MORE

Fort Worth Couple Returning Home For Burial

Fort Worth Couple Returning Home For Burial

FORT WORTH, Texas (WBAP/KLIF News) — A young married couple from Fort Worth will be flown home after their mysterious deaths in Fiji. Michelle and David Paul died nearly 40 days ago while enjoying a dream vacation. Their bodies have remained in Fiji while investigators search for the cause of death. Sister-in-law Tracey Calanog told…MORE

9 of 10 Victims of Addison Plane Crash Identified

9 of 10 Victims of Addison Plane Crash Identified

Dallas-Fort Worth – We now know the names of nine of the 10 people who died in Sunday’s plane crash at Addison Airport. Brian and Ornella Ellard, along with their teenagers Alice and Dylan Maritato, were a family four aboard the plane, according to the kids’ high school. Dallas-based JLL Real Estate issued a statement…MORE

Texas Woman Refuses To Pay For Cake She Ate While Shopping

Texas Woman Refuses To Pay For Cake She Ate While Shopping

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a Texas woman ate half a cake while roaming the aisles of a Walmart store and then refused to pay full price for it, claiming she had found it half-eaten. Wichita Falls police Sgt. Harold McClure says the woman picked up the cake at the store’s bakery last…MORE