Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

DART Rolling out First Long-Range Electric Bus

DART Rolling out First Long-Range Electric Bus

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – DART is expanding and improving its fleet of electric buses. DART’s first long range electric bus, a Proterra ZX5 Max, will begin revenue service on Monday, February 27, on DART Bus Route 20. The new bus will join the seven Proterra Catalyst 35 zero-emission electric buses that are currently in service on…MORE

MISSING: Little Elm Police Say Teen Girl Left Home on Foot Sunday Afternoon

MISSING: Little Elm Police Say Teen Girl Left Home on Foot Sunday Afternoon

Little Elm, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Police in Little Elm have issued a critical missing alert to help find a 16-year-old girl that went missing late Sunday afternoon. The department says Katelynn Scott on social media. They say the teen was last seen at 5:30 p.m. leaving on foot from her parents’ house on Abby Creek…MORE

Mesquite ISD Investigating After Child is Served Moldy Cheese

Mesquite ISD Investigating After Child is Served Moldy Cheese

Mesquite, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An investigation has been launched at mesquite i-s-d after a student was served moldy cheese at school. According to the district, it happened at Wooley Middle School on Thursday when a classroom aide noticed a student eating the Land o’ Lakes brand cheese cubes covered with green mold and immediately took…MORE

Slight Chance of Rain Monday; Wind Advisory After Midnight

Slight Chance of Rain Monday; Wind Advisory After Midnight

Wind Advisories will be in effect on Tuesday in North Texas from midnight to 6 PM and in Central Texas from midnight to noon. Gusts as high as 50 mph are possible in North Texas, with gusts mostly around 40 mph in Central Texas. Take care to secure loose outdoor objects before these gusty winds…MORE

Super Bowl Magic: Mahomes, Chiefs beat Eagles 38-35

Super Bowl Magic: Mahomes, Chiefs beat Eagles 38-35

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes was magical when the Kansas City Chiefs desperately needed him to pull off another Super Bowl comeback. Playing on an injured ankle, Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and scrambled 26 yards on the go-ahead drive before Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8…MORE

Plano ISD Fires Teacher over “Unethical and Harmful” Behavior

Plano ISD Fires Teacher over “Unethical and Harmful” Behavior

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano ISD is notifying parents of a teacher who has been fired over allegations by a former student. According to a letter sent to parents on Friday, a former student of Michael Lloyd recently came forward with allegations that are said to have happened between 2005 and 2009 at Williams High school.…MORE

Another Mysterious Object Shot Down

Another Mysterious Object Shot Down

Ottawa, Canada (WBAP/KLIF) – For the third time in a week some sort of mysterious, high altitude flying object has been shot down over North America. This time the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) says the object was flying over northern Canada. Canada’s Prime Minister made the announcement that it had been shot down…MORE

Michael Irvin Sues for $100-Million Over Hotel Incident

Michael Irvin Sues for $100-Million Over Hotel Incident

(WBAP/KLIF) — A Dallas Cowboy hall-of-fame wide receiver files multi-million-dollar lawsuit. Former Cowboy Michael Irvin has filed a lawsuit in Collin County in the aftermath of being removed from Super Bowl coverage by both the NFL Network and ESPN over an exchange with an employee of an Arizona hotel. The lawsuit says Irvin exchanged pleasantries…MORE

Richard Acosta, Jr. Found Guilty in Murder of Three Garland Teens

Richard Acosta, Jr. Found Guilty in Murder of Three Garland Teens

(WBAP/KLIF) — Jurors have found a Garland man guilty of capital murder in connection with the murder of three teenagers over a year ago. 34-year old Richard Acosta, Jr. testified this week that he had no idea that his then 14-year-old son Abel had a gun, or that he allegedly fired shots into a Garland…MORE