Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Fort Worth Council Rejects Affordable Housing Project

Fort Worth Council Rejects Affordable Housing Project

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Affordable housing will not be headed to a popular neighborhood near downtown Fort Worth. The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday voted 3-6 to reject zoning for the development Azalea West in Linwood. The 80-unit complex was to be built near the West 7th entertainment district. Neighborhood residents were complaining that the…MORE

Military Community, Past and Present, Invited to Dallas Virtual Career Fair for Veterans

Military Community, Past and Present, Invited to Dallas Virtual Career Fair for Veterans

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Members of the military community, past and present, are invited to participate in the Dallas Virtual Career Fair for Veterans. Thursday’s free event is being hosted by DAV and RecruitMilitary and is also open to military spouses and their dependents. The fair will feature jobs from a myriad of industries including distribution,…MORE

‘Fighting for you’: First Lady Makes Her Case for Trump Vote

‘Fighting for you’: First Lady Makes Her Case for Trump Vote

WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Melania Trump has cast her husband as the best hope for America’s future in a Rose Garden address. President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presidency Tuesday on the second night of the scaled-down Republican National Convention. Trump himself pardoned a reformed felon, used the…MORE

Neiman Marcus Nixes Big Dollar Retirement Plans as Part of Chapter 11 Filing

Neiman Marcus Nixes Big Dollar Retirement Plans as Part of Chapter 11 Filing

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Current and former top execs of Dallas-based Neiman Marcus will not get their big dollar retirement benefits. Te luxury retailer nixed its supplemental retirement plans as a result of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing; the plans were only offered to top tier officials. retiree medical benefits have also been eliminated. The decision…MORE

Texas Renews Court Effort to Ban Abortion Procedure

Texas Renews Court Effort to Ban Abortion Procedure

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas officials asked a federal appeals court’s permission Tuesday to enforce a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure — before the court rules on its constitutionality. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments on the law in November 2018. But…MORE

Laura Now a Catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane

Laura Now a Catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane

Updated at 1:50pm: DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) – Laura has strengthened into a menacing Category 4 hurricane. The storm’s power is raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters say would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities on the Texas and Louisiana coast. Authorities implored coastal residents to evacuate and worried that not…MORE

Attorney: Missing Foot Hood Soldier’s Body Found in Texas

Attorney: Missing Foot Hood Soldier’s Body Found in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Police in Texas say a body found near Fort Hood is likely that of a soldier missing since last week. Temple police said late Tuesday that identification found with the body indicates the man may be missing Fort Hood soldier Elder Fernandes. Fernandes is the third soldier from Fort Hood to…MORE

Tarrant County Extends Mask Order for Another 90 Days

Tarrant County Extends Mask Order for Another 90 Days

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Tarrant County residents will have to hold on to their masks for a while longer. Both Tarrant County and Fort Worth have extended mask requirements as COVID-19 continues to spread. “If we can just stay the course from now until maybe the end of September…hopefully we can really flatten this thing…MORE

Oncor, Grand Prairie Fire: Poly-America Factory Fire Not Caused by Fallen Power Lines

Oncor, Grand Prairie Fire: Poly-America Factory Fire Not Caused by Fallen Power Lines

GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- Officials say fallen power lines did not cause the fire at the Poly-America Factory in the Grand Prairie. According to statements from Oncor and the Grand Prairie Fire Department, all of Oncor’s lines were fully intact, above ground and in normal operation when the massive fire broke out last week but the…MORE