Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas County Commissioner Escorted out of Meeting after Objecting to Mask Requirement

Dallas County Commissioner Escorted out of Meeting after Objecting to Mask Requirement

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas County Commissioner says he won’t wear a mask in court, despite a requirement issued by the county judge. As COVID cases rise in North Texas, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins opened Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting with a mask mandate for the court. “We do wear masks inside this courtroom,” Jude…MORE

Authorities Ask Public For Help to Solve Deadly Parker County Hit-and-Run

Authorities Ask Public For Help to Solve Deadly Parker County Hit-and-Run

PARKER COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Department of Public Safety is seeking the public’s help to find the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run in Parker County last week. Investigators said 38-year-old Katie Derouin of Paradise was hit after she ran into the eastbound lanes of SH 199 near South Drive just west of Springtown last…MORE

Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, Probe Finds

Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, Probe Finds

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – An investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found that he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees. State Attorney General Letitia James announced the findings Tuesday. The investigation, conducted by two outside lawyers, found that the Cuomo administration was a “hostile work environment” and that…MORE

Officer Dead After Burst of Violence Outside Pentagon

Officer Dead After Burst of Violence Outside Pentagon

UPDATE: A Pentagon police officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the building. That’s according to law enforcement officials. The Pentagon officer was stabbed and later died, according to officials who were not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition…MORE

El Paso Community Still Healing Two Years after Walmart Massacre

El Paso Community Still Healing Two Years after Walmart Massacre

EL PASO (WBAP/KLIF) – Officials and residents in El Paso acknowledged on Tuesday, the two year anniversary of the mass shooting at local Wal Mart store that left 23 people dead. According to Police, alleged shooter Patrick Crusius of Allen drove to El Paso where carried out the massacre on August 3, 2019. A manifesto…MORE

Texas Audit Proposed by GOP Would Miss Minor but Real Errors

Texas Audit Proposed by GOP Would Miss Minor but Real Errors

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas Republicans wants to audit the 2020 election results in just the large, mostly Democratic counties across the state. If they get their way, they’ll miss many of the real — but minor — errors in the state’s vote count. That’s according to a team of researchers that conducted a…MORE

Top QB Recruit To Skip Senior Year At Southlake Carroll High

Top QB Recruit To Skip Senior Year At Southlake Carroll High

Southlake (AP) – The player considered to be the top quarterback prospect in the class of 2022 says he is skipping his senior year of high school in Texas and plans to enroll at Ohio State for the upcoming semester. Quinn Ewers explained in a Twitter post that he would soon be completing the course…MORE

US Employers Ratchet Up Pressure On the Unvaccinated

US Employers Ratchet Up Pressure On the Unvaccinated

NEW YORK (AP) — Employers are losing patience with unvaccinated workers. For months, most employers relied on information campaigns, bonuses and other incentives to encourage their workforces to get the COVID-19 shot. Now, a growing number are imposing rules to make it more onerous for employees to refuse, from outright mandates to requiring the unvaccinated…MORE

Rural NTX Struggling to Get COVID Vaccination Rates Up; Hospitalizations Surge

Rural NTX Struggling to Get COVID Vaccination Rates Up; Hospitalizations Surge

Cleburne, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The push continues to vaccinate eligible Texans as the Covid delta variant is increasingly impacting people who have not been vaccinated. Rural counties in north texas are having a rough go of it. Dr. Rahulkumar Singh [rah-ul-ku-mar sing], Chief Medical Officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Cleburne Hospital says that they’ve…MORE

$1 Trillion Infrastructure Debate Finally Opens in Senate

$1 Trillion Infrastructure Debate Finally Opens in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is looking to speed up consideration of a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. He promised on Monday that fellow Democrats would work with Republicans to put together a package of amendments for the Senate’s consideration. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocked in at some 2,700…MORE