Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Narcan Spray

FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Narcan Spray

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the…MORE

Dallas Church Community Mourns Nashville School Killings

Dallas Church Community Mourns Nashville School Killings

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas church community is hurting in the wake of this week’s school shooting in Nashville. Three adults and three students were killed inside the Covenant School. Hundreds of People packed Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas on Tuesday for a vigil. The service was meant to lift up the family of…MORE

Plano PD Hosts Fentanyl Forum amid Growing Concerns

Plano PD Hosts Fentanyl Forum amid Growing Concerns

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department will host a free drug forum this week to help educate the public on the growing concerns and dangers of fentanyl and other illegal narcotics. The event will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Plano Event Center. After the forum, attendees will be invited to…MORE

Judge Rules Pence Must Testify

Judge Rules Pence Must Testify

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury after he was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election. That’s according to two people familiar with…MORE

Research: Medication Used to Treat Psoriasis Shown to Cut Alcohol Use by Over 50%

Research: Medication Used to Treat Psoriasis Shown to Cut Alcohol Use by Over 50%

Substance abuse experts say preliminary research is promising news in the treatment of alcohol abuse which effects nearly 30 million Americans. Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid the current substance abuse crisis surrounding opioids and fentanyl, researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in the treatment alcohol abuse disorders. A medication used to treat a common skin condition…MORE

Fort Worth Police Investigating After Woman’s Body Found Under a Bridge

Fort Worth Police Investigating After Woman’s Body Found Under a Bridge

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Fort Worth police are asking the public for help to find out how the body of a woman ended up under a bridge. Officers found 19-year-old Janeecia “Nene” Mason under the bridge on Precinct Line Road around 9 a.m. last Thursday. On March 20, Mason’s sister wrote on Facebook…MORE

Nashville School Shooting Victim Has Ties to North Texas

Nashville School Shooting Victim Has Ties to North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The deadly school shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee has a North Texas tie. One of the six victims, 9-year-old Hallie Scruggs, is the daughter of a former pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas. Chad Scruggs was the associate pastor at the church before becoming a…MORE

3 Children, 3 Adults Fatally Shot at Nashville Grade School

3 Children, 3 Adults Fatally Shot at Nashville Grade School

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday, authorities said. The suspect also died after being shot by police. The violence occurred at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from…MORE

Train derails in North Dakota; Hazardous Leak

Train derails in North Dakota; Hazardous Leak

Fox News (WBAP/KLIF) – A 70-car train hauling hazardous materials derailed in North Dakota late Sunday Monday, according to local reports. The Canadian Pacific train derailed around 11:15 p.m. about a mile southeast of Wyndmere in Richland County, Valley News Live reported. No injuries were reported. Officials said 31 of the 70 cars derailed, with some leaking…MORE

Texas Baptist Men Prepares to Deploy to Tornado-Ravaged Mississippi [LISTEN]

Texas Baptist Men Prepares to Deploy to Tornado-Ravaged Mississippi [LISTEN]

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Baptist Men will deploy several disaster relief teams and equipment to Mississippi where a deadly EF-4 tornado roared through Saturday killing at dozens of people and decimating entire towns. TBM spokesman John hall says that based on images and video from the region, they’ve got a big job ahead of them.…MORE