Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Assaulted a Woman after Car Accident

Dallas Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Assaulted a Woman after Car Accident

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have arrested a man in connection with an alleged assault last month after a car accident on the Central Expressway. The victim told police that she was driving on the expressway near the Bryan Street exit around midnight on Saturday, June 23 when her car was side-swiped. She told police…MORE

FBI to Hold Hiring Event in DFW this Week

FBI to Hold Hiring Event in DFW this Week

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The FBI Dallas Field Office is hosting an in-person information session in the DFW-area on Thursday night to encourage job-seekers to join the FBI as a Special Agent. “It is important that the FBI represent the people we are sworn to protect and serve and we are looking for highly qualified candidates who…MORE

Biden Tests Negative for COVID-19, Ends ‘strict isolation’

Biden Tests Negative for COVID-19, Ends ‘strict isolation’

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is ending his COVID-19 isolation after testing negative for the virus on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday. That’s according to a letter the White House released Wednesday from Biden’s physician. Dr. Kevin O’Connor writes that Biden has completed his course of treatment with the drug Paxlovid…MORE

WNBA Star and Baylor Alum Brittney Griner Testifies at Russia Drug Trial

WNBA Star and Baylor Alum Brittney Griner Testifies at Russia Drug Trial

Griner testified on Wednesday that a language interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said during her initial questioning. KHIMKI, Russia (AP) – The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner has resumed in a Russian court. Griner testified on Wednesday that a language interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said…MORE

Clay Jenkins Stricken With COVID

Clay Jenkins Stricken With COVID

(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has tested positive for COVID-19. Jenkins made the announcement on Twitter, Thursday night, saying the positive test was the result of daily personal testing. According to the Dallas County Judge, he is asymptomatic and will work remotely as he isolates at home. Jenkins is fully vaccinated and has…MORE

WATCH: Dallas Police Shoot Dallas Love Field Shooter

WATCH: Dallas Police Shoot Dallas Love Field Shooter

UPDATED 5:24: Watch Press Conference and BodyCam Video below The woman accused of firing shots inside Dallas Love Field on Monday has a long criminal history. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says Portia Odufuwa first tried to buy a gun in 2016 but was denied because of an outstanding traffic warrant. In 2019 she was…MORE

Appeals Court Upholds Texas Block on School Mask Mandates

Appeals Court Upholds Texas Block on School Mask Mandates

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A divided federal appeals court panel is backing Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that forbids school districts from imposing mask mandates on schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The ruling Monday from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended a lower federal court injunction allowing…MORE

Griner’s Russian Trial Considers Medicinal Use of Cannabis

Griner’s Russian Trial Considers Medicinal Use of Cannabis

KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia, is regarded in other countries as having legitimate medicinal use. Griner has acknowledged that she was carrying vape canisters containing cannabis oil when she was arrested in February…MORE

State Sends Monkeypox Vaccine to Dallas County

State Sends Monkeypox Vaccine to Dallas County

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Monday that it received a shipment of 14,780 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine. DSHS immediately forwarded 5,120 doses to Dallas County Health and Human Services. Dallas County has reported the largest number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Texas. According to DSHS, the…MORE

Graqss Fire in Balch Springs Burns Homes

Graqss Fire in Balch Springs Burns Homes

(WBAP/KLIF News) Balch Springs – FIREFIGHTERS IN BALCH SPRINGS ARE WORKING TO PUT OUT A LARGE GRASS FIRE THAT SET SEVERAL HOMES ON FIRE. IT’S NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I – 20 AND SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD IN THE SPRING RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD. AT LEAST 20 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN BURNED. THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED AFTER CREWS…MORE