Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Plano Police Mourn Loss of Veteran Lieutenant who Died from Complications with COVID

Plano Police Mourn Loss of Veteran Lieutenant who Died from Complications with COVID

PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its one after announcing the passing of Lieutenant Earnest Oldham. According to Plano Police, Lieutenant Oldham passed due to complications of COVID-19. Oldham began his career with the Plano Police Department in January of 1992. Prior to Plano, he worked as…MORE

Police Cancel Pearland Amber Alert; Boy Found Safe

Police Cancel Pearland Amber Alert; Boy Found Safe

Updated story: The FBI says Amari Daniel, subject to an earlier Amber Alert, was found safe on Friday. The boy was with his biological father. At this time, no charges are expected. The earlier Amber Alert was called off.   Original story: Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – There is an active Amber Alert out of Pearland,Texas for…MORE

Cook Children’s Makes ‘Extraordinary’ Move to Postpone All Elective Surgeries

Cook Children’s Makes ‘Extraordinary’ Move to Postpone All Elective Surgeries

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Cook Children’s has taken what it’s calling an “extraordinary” step in postponing elective surgeries due to staff and bed shortages. The move comes amid the latest covid-19 surge due to the highly contagious delta variant. Officials at the pediatric hospital in Fort Worth also urge parents to get their eligible children…MORE

Death Row Inmate Gets Execution Vacated

Death Row Inmate Gets Execution Vacated

(WBAP/KLIF) — Another Texas inmate has his execution delayed.  The execution of Ruben Gutierrez has been delayed over claims the state is violating his religious freedom by not allowing his spiritual adviser to lay hands on him during his lethal injection. Gutierrez had been set to be executed on October 27th for fatally stabbing an…MORE

Multi-Law Enforcement Agency Operation Nets “Significant Results” in Dallas

Multi-Law Enforcement Agency Operation Nets “Significant Results” in Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Law enforcement agencies in North Texas, on Thursday, stressed the significance of a recently completed joint operation that targeted reducing gun violence in the Pleasant Grove area of Southeast Dallas. Operation Pegasus was a combined effort between Dallas Police, the ATF, the U.S. Attorneys Office, and Texas DPS. According to the ATF,…MORE

Two Teen Brothers, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Students, Killed in Head-On Crash

Two Teen Brothers, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Students, Killed in Head-On Crash

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD community is mourning the deaths of two brothers killed in crash Wednesday afternoon. Senior Isaiah Lopez and his brother freshman Elijah Lopez attended Boswell High School in Fort Worth. First responders were called to the intersection of Bailey Boswell Road and Twin Mills Boulevard, where a…MORE

Field of Candidates Challenging AG Ken Paxton for Re-Election Grows

Field of Candidates Challenging AG Ken Paxton for Re-Election Grows

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas State Representative Matt Krause announced on Thursday that he will forgo seeking a sixth term as state representative in pursuit of becoming the next Attorney General for the State of Texas. “After much consideration, prayer, and with the support of my family, I have decided to run for Attorney General,” said Rep.…MORE

Abortion Clinic Traffic in Texas Drops Sharply Amid New Abortion Law

Abortion Clinic Traffic in Texas Drops Sharply Amid New Abortion Law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Abortion providers in Texas say they have seen a sharp drop in patients in the two weeks since the nation’s strictest abortion law took effect. In new court filings in Texas, Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers describe clinics that have turned away more than 100 women under the new law.…MORE

Massive Apartment Fire Displaces 23 Families in Northeast Dallas

Massive Apartment Fire Displaces 23 Families in Northeast Dallas

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF)- An overnight fire injures one and displaced 23 families in northeast Dallas and injured one person who was trying to escape the flame. Flames were shooting through the roof of a 3-story Wood meadow Apartment building on Wood Meadow Parkway when Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived just before 1 a.m. Mike Forbes from our media…MORE