Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

AG Paxton Responds to Claim he ‘Ran’ from Being Served a Subpoena

AG Paxton Responds to Claim he ‘Ran’ from Being Served a Subpoena

UPDATE: 2 P.M. Tuesday, September 27 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded on Tuesday to a court document that said he left his Collin County home on Monday after being confronted by a man who was trying to serve him with a subpoena in an abortion funding related lawsuit. The embattled Attorney General took to…MORE

Texas Deploys Task Force to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian

Texas Deploys Task Force to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas is sending help to Florida as Hurricane Ian churns in the Gulf Coast. Governor Greg Abbott, o Tuesday, directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy Texas A&M Task Force 1 to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian to support a request by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  “The spirit of…MORE

Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Winds, Floods

Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Winds, Floods

HAVANA (AP) – Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity. Now it’s on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters expected to strengthen it into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. Ian made landfall early Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where…MORE

Allen ISD Parents Angry Over Rezoning Proposals

Allen ISD Parents Angry Over Rezoning Proposals

ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Parents in Allen ISD are sounding off over the district’s proposals to address overcrowding in some schools and dwindling enrollment in others. District leaders are considering either repurposing or closing some campuses. The situation sparked a protest outside the district’s school board meeting Monday night and some parents pleaded with…MORE

Arlington PD Mourns Death of Recruit Officer

Arlington PD Mourns Death of Recruit Officer

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arlington Police Department is mourning the death of a Police recruit Officer. According to APD, Recruit Marquis Kennedy was a member of Academy Class 62, which began instruction on July 25. He was pronounced dead by medical staff on Sunday, September 25. The cause of his death is under investigation. APD…MORE

Texas Attorney General Urges Stricter Controls on Robocalls

Texas Attorney General Urges Stricter Controls on Robocalls

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Paxton, on Monday, signed a multistate comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to adopt stricter controls to prevent unsolicited robocalls.   In May 2022, the FCC placed new obligations upon gateway providers, which Paxton said are the points of entry for foreign illegal robocalls entering the U.S. telephone network. Paxton is calling for some of those same protections to be applied to…MORE

Texas Election Officials Confident in Voting Systems

Texas Election Officials Confident in Voting Systems

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Secretary of State John Scott has released another in a series of videos educating voters about election administration in Texas ahead of the November 8 General Election. In the most recently published video, Secretary Scott provides an overview of voting systems in Texas, and the processes for certifying and deploying voting…MORE

Plano Residents Shocked After Sex-Trafficking Bust at a Short-Term Rental Property

Plano Residents Shocked After Sex-Trafficking Bust at a Short-Term Rental Property

Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents of a Plano neighborhood are shocked by a recent bust of a sex-trafficking operation, being run out of short-term rental home inPplano, Dallas Police, assisted by the Plano Police Department executed a search warrant the home in the 2900 block of Las Palmas Lane. Police arrested 41-year old Brandy Cliff for…MORE

Big Tex in Place ahead of State Fair of Texas

Big Tex in Place ahead of State Fair of Texas

FAIR PARK (WBAP/KLIF) – Big Tex was raised in place on Friday, a week out from the opening of the State Fair of Texas. The iconic 55-foot-tall talking cowboy will welcome folks back to the 2022 State Fair of Texas in style. According to fair organizers, his custom boots have been polished, shirt pressed, jeans starched,…MORE