Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

At Least 6 Hurt as Border Patrol Van is Run off a Texas Road

At Least 6 Hurt as Border Patrol Van is Run off a Texas Road

VAN HORN, Texas (AP) – The Border Patrol says at least six people were injured when a semitrailer cut off one of its vans on a West Texas highway, forcing it off the road. Border Patrol spokesman Greg Davis says the crash happened Thursday morning on Interstate 10 about two miles east of Van Horn.…MORE

Fort Worth’s University Drive Corridor to get Major Improvements, Enchance Pedestrian Safety

Fort Worth’s University Drive Corridor to get Major Improvements, Enchance Pedestrian Safety

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Construction will soon begin on a project aimed at improving the busy University Drive in Fort Worth and improve access to the city’s cultural district. “We are focusing on improving pedestrian safety and enhancing alternative modes of transportation and bike paths as well as some enhancements to transit along the corridor,” said William…MORE

Senate Demands Former AGs Testify about Trump Data Seizure

Senate Demands Former AGs Testify about Trump Data Seizure

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that former Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018. They called it “shocking” and a “gross abuse of power.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said in a statement Friday that…MORE

McKinney Police Ask Public to Help Catch Serial Package Thief

McKinney Police Ask Public to Help Catch Serial Package Thief

MCKINNEY  (WBAP/KLIF News) – McKinney Police are hoping recently released surveillance video will help them catch the suspect in a rash of porch thefts. They’re hoping the public can help them identify and catch the woman caught on camera stealing residents’ packages. Investigators said one theft took place just south of El Dorado Parkway, between…MORE

A Ransomeware Attack Targets Lancaster ISD

A Ransomeware Attack Targets Lancaster ISD

Lancaster, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Lancaster isd has confirmed that it was the target of a ransomeware attack. a hacking group known as “Grief” unloaded sensitive information like social security numbers and dates of birth to dark web, according to WFAA. Cyber-threat analyst Brett Callow says that it’s the kind of data dump that generally leads…MORE

Law Enforcement Struggles to Recruit Since Killing of George Floyd

Law Enforcement Struggles to Recruit Since Killing of George Floyd

Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop. And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning who should become a police officer today. Mass protests and calls for…MORE

Dallas Mayor: Make Policing Work ‘Without defunding or dismantling’

Dallas Mayor: Make Policing Work ‘Without defunding or dismantling’

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In a written column for RealClearPolicy, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson touted several Dallas public safety initiatives. In the column titled, ‘We Must Make Policing Better Without ‘Defunding’ or ‘Dismantling,’ Mayor Johnson wrote that instead of talking about stripping funding from police departments for other programs amid an uptick in violent crime, local…MORE

Wichita Falls Resident Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charge

Wichita Falls Resident Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charge

Wichita Falls, (AP) – A Texas man has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia. 28 year old Seth Pendley of Wichita Falls entered his plea before a federal magistrate judge . Pendley admitted he told an undercover FBI agent posing as an explosives supplier that he wanted to…MORE

Six Injured When Truck Cuts Off Border Patrol Van

Six Injured When Truck Cuts Off Border Patrol Van

Van Horn (WBAP/KLIF) – At least six people were injured Thursday when an 18 wheeler cut off a Border Patrol van on a West Texas highway, and forced it off the road. Border Patrol spokesman Greg Davis says it happened on Interstate 10 about two miles east of Van Horn. Davis says the van carrying…MORE