Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Blinken, Austin Meet With Zelenskyy in Ukraine’s Capital

Blinken, Austin Meet With Zelenskyy in Ukraine’s Capital

UNDATED (AP) An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. secretaries of state and defense are meeting with the Ukrainian leader in the highest-level visit to Kyiv by an American delegation since the start of Russia’s two-month invasion. The talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin,…MORE

Missing Texas National Guardsman Identified as Arlington Resident

Missing Texas National Guardsman Identified as Arlington Resident

AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) The Texas Military Department continues the search for Texas Army National Guard Specialist Bishop E. Evans. A comprehensive interagency search began on Friday morning when SPC Evans went missing following his selfless efforts to rescue two migrants who appeared to be drowning while crossing the river from Mexico into the U.S. Governor…MORE

Oldest Texas Death Row Inmate Executed

Oldest Texas Death Row Inmate Executed

Huntsville (WBAP/KLIF) – The state of Texas has executed the oldest inmate on Huntsville’s death row. Carl Buntion was put to death for killing a Houston Police officer during a traffic stop 32 years ago. Buntion was 78 years old. He was the first condemned inmate executed in Texas this year.MORE

Jazz Beat Mavericks to Tie Series, Spoil Doncic’s Return

Jazz Beat Mavericks to Tie Series, Spoil Doncic’s Return

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Rudy Gobert gave Utah the lead with an alley-oop dunk with 11.0 seconds left and the Jazz held off the Dallas Mavericks 100-99 on Saturday in Game 4 to tie the first-round series. Spencer Dinwiddie missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Dallas. Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points for Utah,…MORE

Noted Texas Author Dies

Noted Texas Author Dies

Austin (AP) – Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, an award-winning Texas author who began in the 1970s writing a series of novels that told the stories of people living in a fictional county along the Texas-Mexico border, has died. He was 93. Hinojosa-Smith was an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin for more than…MORE

Part Of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Approved

Part Of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Approved

Dover, Del. (AP) – The judge handling the Irving, Texas based Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the BSA’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million, then lease back the property from the buyer. The BSA wants to use some of the proceeds from the sale…MORE

Climate Progress Remains Elusive for Biden on Earth Day

Climate Progress Remains Elusive for Biden on Earth Day

SEATTLE (AP) – President Joe Biden spent Earth Day in Seattle, where he signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight. The visit was intended to reassert his environmental credentials when he’s been more focused on lowering gas prices that have risen during the…MORE

Downtown Dallas Expo Focuses on the Environment

Downtown Dallas Expo Focuses on the Environment

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Earth X 2022 is running through the weekend at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. The expo returns after a three year hiatus amid the COVID pandemic. The event will feature vendors, education, panels, and ore surrounding the importance of the environment. The event is one of several examples of…MORE

Texas National Guard Soldier Missing at Southern Border

Texas National Guard Soldier Missing at Southern Border

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Military Department announced on Friday that a Texas Army National Guard Soldier assigned to Operation Lone Star went gone missing along the river during a mission related incident in Eagle Pass. According to the department, the Soldier has not been found. “We are aware of reports of a fatality, although those…MORE

Dallas Police Make Arrest in Duncanville Woman’s Murder

Dallas Police Make Arrest in Duncanville Woman’s Murder

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Dallas Police Department homicide detectives made an arrest in the case of a missing Duncanville woman whose body was found in a tarp in a wooded area in south Dallas this week. Clinton Smith is in the Dallas County jail awaiting a bond hearing on charges connected to 54-year-old Juanita…MORE