Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas Non-Profit, DPD Partner to Make Downtown Safer

Dallas Non-Profit, DPD Partner to Make Downtown Safer

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Downtown Dallas, Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of its 2022 comprehensive Public Safety Summer Operations Plan. The initiative addresses both quality of life and public safety challenges as thousands more workers return to the urban core and the convention and tourism industry reports a return to pre-pandemic levels. “Our city center remains…MORE

Baby Formula Shipment Heading To Fort Worth

Baby Formula Shipment Heading To Fort Worth

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The White House announced Monday the fifth emergency flight of baby formula from Europe to the United States will take place Thursday. “Operation Fly Formula” will bring 110,000 pounds of Nestle infant formula from Cologne, Germany to Fort Worth. The shipment will be the equivalent of 1.6 million 8 ounce bottles. After…MORE

Texas Foster Care Programs May Be Fined

Texas Foster Care Programs May Be Fined

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The presiding federal judge in a long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care program says she may slap the state with huge fines for contempt of court. Judge Janis Graham Jack didn’t say how large those fines might be. but she did say they would be large enough that the state might want…MORE

Electricity Demand Will Break Records

Electricity Demand Will Break Records

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The operator of Texas’ power grid is expecting record-breaking electricity demand this week. With temperatures expected to hit 100 degrees or more each day through the end of the week, ERCOT expects total daily demand to rise above 75,000 megawatts. Such daily peaks would all be above the previous daily record of…MORE

Proud Boys Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in Capitol Riot

Proud Boys Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in Capitol Riot

Associated Press The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, and…MORE

Texas Law Enforcement Cracking Down on Speeding During “Operation Slowdown”

Texas Law Enforcement Cracking Down on Speeding During “Operation Slowdown”

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Department of Public Safety is hoping its latest effort to crack down on speeding drivers will help curb the growing number of annual fatalities. According to TX-DOT, there more than 163,000 speed-related crashes in 2021 and 1,532 of them were fatal. The initiative is called “Operation Slowdown.” TX-DOT…MORE

Uvalde County Opens Resiliency Center

Uvalde County Opens Resiliency Center

UVALDE (WBAP/KLIF) – Uvalde County officials are opening a temporary facility for the newly created Uvalde Together Resiliency Center on Monday, to begin providing long-term support services for the community. Operated initially by the local district attorney’s office, the Center will offer ongoing mental health resources and other assistance provided by state agencies and local…MORE

Tarrant County Deputy Suffers Medical Emergency on the Job

Tarrant County Deputy Suffers Medical Emergency on the Job

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its own. According to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday, a Deputy suffered a medical emergency while on a call. Life-saving measures were conducted on scene and he was taken to Harris Hospital in…MORE

Legislative Committees Prepare to Address Protecting Texas Children

Legislative Committees Prepare to Address Protecting Texas Children

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas state lawmakers are expected to hold committee meetings surrounding ways to better protect Texas children later this month. The committee’s were formed after Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state leaders in a letter to convene them in the wake of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde. 19 students and 2 teachers…MORE