Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas Zoo Mourns Loss of Giraffe Named After Dallas Cowboy

Dallas Zoo Mourns Loss of Giraffe Named After Dallas Cowboy

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF)  A one year old male giraffe named after Dallas Cowboy Tightend Jason Witten passed away suddenly Monday morning at the Dallas Zoo.  Zoo officials say Witten was receiving a routine physical exam under anesthesia when he stopped breaking.  Efforts to revive him were not successful.  A statement on the zoo’s facebook page read …MORE

National Weather Service Confirms Tornado Touched Down in Arlington, 95 mph winds

National Weather Service Confirms Tornado Touched Down in Arlington, 95 mph winds

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Crews are clearing debris from an Arlington neighborhood where strong winds ripped through the DFW Metroplex Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service confirms an EF-1 Tornado touched down in Arlington with 95 mph winds. Ashley Zemanek lives on Andrews Street, just north of I-30, she said her home is completely un-livable and is now…MORE

City of Dallas Swears In Mayor Eric Johnson

City of Dallas Swears In Mayor Eric Johnson

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas has a new mayor. Eric Johnson was sworn as mayor along with several city council members at the Winspear Opera House  Monday morning. Johnson won a runoff election against Dallas city councilman Scott Griggs earlier this month. The former state representative defeated Griggs by getting 55 percent…MORE

Shots Fired at Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse in Downtown Dallas; Suspect Dead

Shots Fired at Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse in Downtown Dallas; Suspect Dead

UPDATED 11:49AM DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The FBI has identified the shooting suspect as 22-year-old Brian Isaack Clyde. Police said Clyde allegedly exchanged gunfire with federal officers and was shot. He later died of his injuries. UPDATED 10:33AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between a suspect and federal officers at…MORE

Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House

Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House

An Oncor crew is on the scene outside a home on Waterford Street in Irving, where one of their contractor’s cranes almost toppled over onto a house in the gated community overnight. Tony Harvey with Irving Fire says that “Oncor was working on a transformer located behind the houses on Waterford when the pavement gave…MORE

Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America

Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – People fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers. They have been arriving from places like the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Cameroonians have also been traveling up through Mexico and into the…MORE

Texas Sheriff’s Sergeant Dies After Found With Head Injuries

Texas Sheriff’s Sergeant Dies After Found With Head Injuries

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff’s sergeant who died shortly after being found in his car with head injuries apparently suffered a medical emergency and wasn’t shot, as deputies initially suspected, authorities said Saturday. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office determined that Sgt. Keith Shepherd suffered a pulmonary embolism. After falling, he was…MORE

Spending Bill For Firearm Storage Approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Spending Bill For Firearm Storage Approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has approved a spending bill that includes a $1 million public safety campaign for firearm storage. The Republican signed a $250 billion two-year budget Saturday without any line-item vetoes. It includes money for the Texas Department of Public Safety to promote a safe gun storage campaign. The…MORE

Storms Leave Water, More Downed Trees in Their Wake

Storms Leave Water, More Downed Trees in Their Wake

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — A neighborhood in Dallas that was hit hard one week ago by Mother Nature was hit with a second round of storms on Sunday. A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service at around 3:30pm, after radar indicated rotation in a storm cell moving northeast across the northern portion of…MORE