Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

DPD Needs Help Identifying Assault Suspect

DPD Needs Help Identifying Assault Suspect

Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have released the photo of a suspect who they say was involved in a March 27 altercation in which multiple people were injured. The incident an aggravated assault and intoxication assault happened at about 3:16 p.m. at 2000 South Bruton road at South Buckner. The suspect is described as…MORE

WATCH LIVE: JAN 6 Committee Hearing

WATCH LIVE: JAN 6 Committee Hearing

The US House Select Committee probing the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot will hear from the Georgia Secretary of State and others who were pressured by President Trump to change 2020 Election results. Today’s hearing begins at 12N Central. WASHINGTON (AP) – The House Jan. 6 committee is set to hear from local officials who…MORE

Grand Prairie PD Issue ‘Endangered Missing’ Alert for 17-Year Old Boy

Grand Prairie PD Issue ‘Endangered Missing’ Alert for 17-Year Old Boy

Grand Prairie, TX (WBAP/ KLIF) – Grand Prairie Police have issued an ‘Endangered Missing Alert’ for 17-year boy. Police say Chadrick Avery has an intellectual disability and was last seen on Duncan Perry Road near I-30 and Great Southwest Parkway last Friday around 11 p.m. Chadrick is a Black, 5 feet 6 inches tall. He…MORE

Report: Police in Uvalde had Rifles Earlier than Known

Report: Police in Uvalde had Rifles Earlier than Known

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the school, where he killed 21 people, 19 of them children. The outlets’ report, which did not indicate…MORE

Law Officers Testifying for Committee on Uvalde Shooting

Law Officers Testifying for Committee on Uvalde Shooting

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school last month is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers. State Representative Dustin Burrows, who is chairing the committee investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, says they will hear more witness testimony from the…MORE

Tickets to Be Available for Addison’s Kaboom Town

Tickets to Be Available for Addison’s Kaboom Town

Addison (WBAP/KLIF) – Tickets to one of the hottest front row seats are available Wednesday morning with the upcoming Kaboom Town fireworks display in Addison. Jasmine Lee, with Addison, says about 20,000 tickets will be available for the July 3rd event. “The tickets are free but all ages do need to have one and we…MORE

Biden Considering a Gasoline Tax Holiday

Biden Considering a Gasoline Tax Holiday

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) – President Joe Biden says he is considering a federal holiday on the gasoline tax. That could possibly save U.S. consumers as much as 18.4 cents a gallon. Biden indicated to reporters Monday that his decision could come by the end of the week. The administration is increasingly looking for ways…MORE

TxDOT Details Plan for EV Charging Station Network; Every 50 Miles

TxDOT Details Plan for EV Charging Station Network; Every 50 Miles

$408M in federal funds will be used to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles. Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of Transportation is ramping up to add charging stations for electric cars every 50 miles on most interstates across the state. In details laid out in a draft plan of…MORE

Missing Bodies Recovered from Lake Lavon

Missing Bodies Recovered from Lake Lavon

UPDATE 9:58 a.m. June 20 – A third body was recovered Monday morning from Lake Lavon. MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Two men are dead, and another is missing, after a boating accident over the weekend in Collin County. According to the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Saturday night to a boater in distress near Brockdale…MORE