Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

West Texas Saddles Up For Gas Pipeline Challenge

West Texas Saddles Up For Gas Pipeline Challenge

West Texas residents are saddling up in protest against a proposed natural gas pipeline. The natural gas pipeline would run very near the 2 thousand strong tpopulation of Van Horn, and the threat of eminent domain is just one concern. According to the Texas Tribune, the proposed Saguaro Connector Pipeline would run from the Permian…MORE

Texas Wins Latest Legal Round Concerning Border Razor Wire

Texas Wins Latest Legal Round Concerning Border Razor Wire

By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas office of Attorney General wins another round in court in it’s efforts to keep in place concertina, or razor wire, on the banks of the Rio Grande. It was placed by Texas with the stated intent of stopping the illegal…MORE

Southwest Airlines and its Pilots Union Reach New Preliminary Labor Deal

Southwest Airlines and its Pilots Union Reach New Preliminary Labor Deal

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Southwest Airlines and its pilots’ union reached a new preliminary labor agreement this week after years of negotiations. The five-year deal is worth about $12 billion. Raises are expected to match increases of 40% or more over four years that pilots at other airlines are getting. “This AIP comes after…MORE

DFW Murder Rate Headed in Two Different Directions

DFW Murder Rate Headed in Two Different Directions

(WBAP/KLIF) — The murder rate in two major North Texas cities heading in opposite directions. Dallas-Fort Worth has seen a dramatic drop in violent crime as Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia and Fort Worth’s Neil Noakes have implemented aggressive crime reduction plans. However, homicides in the City of Dallas have jumped 10% over last year…MORE

Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from Ballot

Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from Ballot

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain…MORE

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over New Texas Border Law

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over New Texas Border Law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave the country. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, came less than 24 hours after Republican…MORE

New Details in Gruesome Hit-and-Run, White Settlement PD Says Intoxicated Man Had Victim’s Body in Passenger Seat

New Details in Gruesome Hit-and-Run, White Settlement PD Says Intoxicated Man Had Victim’s Body in Passenger Seat

WHITE SETTLEMENT (WBAP/KLIF News ) – White Settlement police released new details about a gruesome hit-and-run crash involving an intoxicated man who drove around with the victim’s lifeless body in the car over the weekend. Investigators believe 31-year-old Nestor Lujan Flores of Arlington initially hit the unidentified victim in Dallas Saturday night. According to a…MORE

Southwest Airlines Hit With $140 Million Fine for December 2022 Travel Debacle

Southwest Airlines Hit With $140 Million Fine for December 2022 Travel Debacle

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million settlement to resolve a federal investigation into a debacle in December 2022 when the airline canceled thousands of flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers over the holidays. Most of the settlement will go toward compensating future…MORE

Abbott Signs Border Bills into Law

Abbott Signs Border Bills into Law

BROWNSVILLE, Tex (AP) – Testing the limits of how far Texas can go to keep migrants out of the U.S., Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country.…MORE

Trump Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Review Gag Order

Trump Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Review Gag Order

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The request Monday follows a decision by a three-judge panel of the appeals court that upheld but…MORE