Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

City of Ferris Offering Free Medical and Dental Services This Weekend

City of Ferris Offering Free Medical and Dental Services This Weekend

FERRIS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The City of Ferris is encouraging residents to take advantage of its “Access For All” healthcare initiative this weekend. An array of free services are being offered including blood pressure and diabetes screening, dental checkups and physical exams. Ferris City Manager Brooks Williams said the goal is to provide vital…MORE

Tarrant County Woman Going To Prison For DWI Accident.

Tarrant County Woman Going To Prison For DWI Accident.

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Noemi Martinez admitted in court Thursday she was drunk, and driving the wrong way on North Loop 820 in North Richland Hills on Thanksgiving morning, 2019 when she ran head-on into three other vehicles. The accident she caused killed a 17 year old North Side High School student who was on…MORE

Tarrant County Woman Going To Prison For DWI Accident.

Tarrant County Woman Going To Prison For DWI Accident.

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Noemi Martinez admitted in court Thursday she was drunk, and driving the wrong way on North Loop 820 in North Richland Hills on Thanksgiving morning, 2019 when she ran head-on into three other vehicles. The accident she caused killed a 17 year old North Side High School student who was on…MORE

Another Monkeypox Warning For North Texas

Another Monkeypox Warning For North Texas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Health Department is urging north Texas residents to keep an eye out for monkeypox symptoms. The agency says an out-of-state visitor with monkeypox told it he had multiple sexual encounters at a Dallas club in June. According to the health department that infected person described himself to them as…MORE

Teen Shot Dead While Filming Friend Holding Guns

Teen Shot Dead While Filming Friend Holding Guns

(WBAP/KLIF) — An 18-year-old teen is dead after streaming video of her friend holding two handguns. The tragedy occurred, Tuesday, as Garland Police were called to an apartment complex near Hawaiian Falls water park to find 18 year old Princess Omobogie suffering from a gunshot wound. The shooting occurred when the teen was using a…MORE

LISTEN: DPD Reflects on Police Ambush Six Years Later

LISTEN: DPD Reflects on Police Ambush Six Years Later

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department honored the four DPD Officers, and one DART Officer, killed in the 2016 Dallas Police ambush on Thursday, acknowledging six years since the July 7 attack. WBAP/KLIF’S Clayton Neville spoke with DPD Chief Eddie Garcia about the anniversary. The interview is posted at the end of this article.…MORE

Governor Authorizes Texas National Guard, DPS to Return Illegal Immigrants to Border

Governor Authorizes Texas National Guard, DPS to Return Illegal Immigrants to Border

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Thursday authorizing and empowering the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend illegal immigrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry and return them to the border.  “While President Biden refuses to do his job and enforce…MORE

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

AP Film Writer James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82. His manager Matt DelPiano said he died…MORE

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

James Caan, Oscar Nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ Dies at 82

AP Film Writer James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82. His manager Matt DelPiano said he died…MORE

Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia Drugs Trial

Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia Drugs Trial

Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) – Russian news agencies say jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges during her trial in Moscow. The reports quoted Griner as pleading guilty to the charges at Thursday’s court hearing. They said that speaking through an interpreter, Griner said she had acted…MORE