Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Dallas County Commissioners Vote To Rescind Covid-19 Zip Code Policy

Dallas County Commissioners Vote To Rescind Covid-19 Zip Code Policy

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services had threatened to reduce the weekly number of doses to Dallas County and no longer consider it a hub provider if the county didn’t change a recently approved policy that prioritizes shots for certain zip codes. In an emergency meeting Wednesday evening, Dallas County Commissioners…MORE

Biden Signs Executive Orders on Climate, Virus

Biden Signs Executive Orders on Climate, Virus

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders from the Oval Office hours after his inauguration. Biden wore a mask while seated behind the Resolute Desk with a stack of orders early Wednesday evening. He said there was “no time to start like today.” The first order Biden signed was…MORE

Arlington PD Arrests 18-Year-Old Man for Shooting Death of Convenience Store Clerk

Arlington PD Arrests 18-Year-Old Man for Shooting Death of Convenience Store Clerk

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- UPDATE: The Arlington Police Department has made an arrest in connection to the murder of Jordan Hightower, a convenience store clerk who was shot and killed at his workplace on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Thursday morning, officers took 18-year-old Dorian Woodard, of Arlington, into custody without incident. He has been charged with one…MORE

Life Sentence Commuted for Dallas Man in Last Minute Batch of Presidential Clemency

Life Sentence Commuted for Dallas Man in Last Minute Batch of Presidential Clemency

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas man is free from prison after having his sentenced commuted in the final hours of Donald Trump’s presidency. Before leaving Office on Wednesday former President Trump granted clemency for more than 140 people, including a commuted life sentence for Ferrell Scoot, the Dallas man sentenced to life in prison…MORE

Biden Takes the Helm as President: ‘Democracy has Prevailed’

Biden Takes the Helm as President: ‘Democracy has Prevailed’

WASHINGTON (AP) – Joe Biden has sworn the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed.” He takes the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherit a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. But there were comforting signs of tradition…MORE

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Not on President Trump’s Pardon List

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Not on President Trump’s Pardon List

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton still has the cloud of a federal investigation hanging over him after President Trump’s 11th hour pardon list was released without his name on it. Seven top officials within Paxton’s office accused him of bribery and abuse of office. They have all been fired or resigned. In…MORE

Trump’s Final Pardons Include His Indicted Former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon

Trump’s Final Pardons Include His Indicted Former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars and former members of Congress. Bannon was pulled from a luxury yacht and arrested in late August on allegations that he and three associates ripped off…MORE

Donald Trump to Leave White House As His Presidency Winds Down [WATCH]

Donald Trump to Leave White House As His Presidency Winds Down [WATCH]

UPDATED 1/20/21 7:35AM: Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump speaks at Joint Base Andrews before departing Washington, DC for Florida.   Donald Trump has left the White House for the final time as president. After Trump emerged from the building he spoke briefly to aides and supports and said, “It’s been a great honor.” Watch the latest…MORE

Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico Border Win UK Design Prize

Teeter-totters at U.S.-Mexico Border Win UK Design Prize

LONDON (AP) — A collection of teeter-totters that briefly allowed children on both sides of the US-Mexico border wall to play together has won a prize from London’s Design Museum. The three hot-pink seesaws were installed through the slats of the wall, with one seat in the El Paso, Texas suburb of Sunland Park, New…MORE