Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Many DFW Renters Are About to Face Eviction

Many DFW Renters Are About to Face Eviction

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) -Many Texans are finding it difficult to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic. According to information gathered by the firm Stout Risius Ross 1 in 6 renters were behind on their payments last month. Rachel Khirallah is a real estate attorney and says the worst is yet to come for both renters and…MORE

White House Press Secretary Tests Positive

White House Press Secretary Tests Positive

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) – The scale of the outbreak within the White House itself was still being uncovered Monday, as press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced she tested positive for the virus Monday morning and was entering quarantine. President Donald Trump is hoping for a Monday discharge from the military hospital where he is being treated…MORE

Last Day To Register To Vote In Nov. 3rd Election

Last Day To Register To Vote In Nov. 3rd Election

(WBAP/KLIF) – Monday, October 5th is the last day to register to vote if you want to vote in the November 3rd election.  You can register in person at your local election office or you can mail in an application.  That application must be postmarked by Oct. 5th to qualify.  If you are already registered…MORE

Two 18 Year Old Men Arrested in a Plano Murder

Two 18 Year Old Men Arrested in a Plano Murder

(WBAP/KLIF) — A murder in Plano’s Jack Carter Park has been solved by police. 18 year old Jacob Lyle Rusk was targeted and shot by two men at the park, last week. Rusk later died of a fatal gunshot wound at an area hospital . Following an investigation, Plano police arrested 18 year old Rudhra Patel…MORE

ICE Agents Ordered by Court to Stop Housing Illegals in Hotels

ICE Agents Ordered by Court to Stop Housing Illegals in Hotels

(WBAP/KLIF) —  An appeals court has refused to allow the Trump administration to continue detaining illegal immigrant children in hotel rooms before deporting them to their home countries. The rules had been adopted as a means to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic.  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sunday upheld a…MORE

Nearly 164,000 Positive Coronavirus Test Results in DFW

Nearly 164,000 Positive Coronavirus Test Results in DFW

(WBAP/KLIF) —  Coronavirus has resulted in nearly 164,000 positive tests in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  Health departments across the Metroplex reported almost 2,200 newly confirmed positive tests of COVID-19, Sunday. 453 positives occurred in Dallas county, 601 in Tarrant county, and Collin county reported 20 newly confirmed tests.  In all, Dallas county is approaching 84,000…MORE

Texas Based Energy Company Closing 12 Coal-Fired Plants

Texas Based Energy Company Closing 12 Coal-Fired Plants

(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas-based company is closing its remaining coal-fired power plants in Illinois.  Vistra Energy had already shuttered four Ilinois power plants in Canton, Coffeen, Havana and Hennepin and agreed to close another near Peoria as part of a legal settlement. However, the Houston-based company announced that it plans to close its four remaining Illinois…MORE

Texas Coronavirus Deaths Eclipse 16,000

Texas Coronavirus Deaths Eclipse 16,000

(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas health officials report 2,181 newly reported positive Coronavirus tests and 33 additional deaths, Sunday.  The one number not being reported by the state is how many of those newly reported positive tests came from the over 71,000 active cases of COVID-19. The Texas health department, reported a total of nearly 766,000 positive…MORE

Deputies Accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of Crimes

Deputies Accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of Crimes

DALLAS (AP) – Several top deputies of Texas’ attorney general have accused him of crimes including bribery and abuse of office in an internal letter saying they’ve reported the actions to law enforcement. In a brief letter, seven senior lawyers wrote that they reported Republican Ken Paxton for potentially breaking the law “in his official…MORE