Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Wolfe City Officer Claims Taser wasn’t Fully Effective Before Deadly Shooting

Wolfe City Officer Claims Taser wasn’t Fully Effective Before Deadly Shooting

WOLFE CITY (WBAP/KLIF) – New details in last week’s deadly shooting involving a white Police Officer and a 31-year-old black man were made public on Wednesday. Wolfe City Police Officer Shaun Lucas is charged with Murder in the Saturday night shooting death of Jonathan Price outside a Wolfe City gas station. A newly released probable…MORE

DFW Oil and Gas Driller Lays Off 300

DFW Oil and Gas Driller Lays Off 300

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A DFW oil and gas driller is having to lay off employees because of struggles caused by the pandemic. Irving based pioneer natural resources has laid off some 300 employees Tuesday. The layoffs are evenly split between those in the corporate office in Irving and those working at the Permian basin operation. Folks…MORE

Dallas County GOP Chair Tests Positive for COVID-19

Dallas County GOP Chair Tests Positive for COVID-19

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Republican Party announced on Wednesday that the party Chairman, Rodney Anderson, is under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. “The Chairman was exposed at a personal event over the weekend and immediately started the process of self-quarantining,” said Dallas County GOP Spokesman Will Busby. “He and his family will…MORE

Ex-cop Charged in Floyd’s Death Freed on $1 Million Bond

Ex-cop Charged in Floyd’s Death Freed on $1 Million Bond

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The former Minneapolis officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd has posted bond and has been released from prison. According to court documents, Derek Chauvin posted a $1 million bond on Wednesday. He had been in custody at a state correctional facility in Oak Park Heights, but the Department…MORE

Texas Supreme Court Blocks Houston Plan to Send Mail-In Ballot Applications to Voters

Texas Supreme Court Blocks Houston Plan to Send Mail-In Ballot Applications to Voters

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Houston election officials can’t send its two million registered voters mail-in ballot applications ahead of the November 3rd election, according to the Associated Press. The court heard oral arguments in the state’s lawsuit against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins. Attorneys argued Hollins over stepped…MORE

Nasdaq Inc. Eyes DFW for Relocating its Trading Infrastructure

Nasdaq Inc. Eyes DFW for Relocating its Trading Infrastructure

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – It could be a big ‘get’ for Texas, as Nasdaq Inc. considers relocating its electronic infrastructure to DFW. Governor Greg Abbott confirmed in a tweet that he is in talks with the company, posting, “They want to flee high taxes. i let them know that we just passed a constitutional amendment banning…MORE

Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall In Mexico; Heading To Gulf Coast

Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall In Mexico; Heading To Gulf Coast

(AP) – Hurricane Delta has made landfall near Puerto Morelos along the northeastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says satellite imagery, radar data from Cuba, and surface observations in Mexico indicate that the center of Delta came ashore around 5:30 a.m. local time as a Category 2 hurricane, sustaining…MORE

Trump Supporters Agree With His View of Virus Infection

Trump Supporters Agree With His View of Virus Infection

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — As an infected President Donald Trump urged Americans not to fear the virus that has killed more than 1 million people worldwide, many of his supporters were already in sync with that message. In interviews with Republican voters at Trump events and campaign offices, very few saw the president’s illness as…MORE

DFW Area Approaching 167,000 Positive COVID Tests

DFW Area Approaching 167,000 Positive COVID Tests

(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas reported over 773,000 total positive tests of Coronavirus, Tuesday, along with over 16,100 deaths.  The mortality rate is inching downward as the total number of deaths in Dallas county sits at 1,038 with a 1.2% fatality rate. Tarrant county reports 676 fatalities and a 1.3% death rate. Collin county has lost 155…MORE