DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – The founder and CEO of Sando Capital Partners says he’s used Asian business connections to land 13,000 Personal Protective Equipment masks from China that will be donated Friday to UT Southwestern Medical Center, the Dallas based restaurant group 8.0, and Southwest Airlines flight attendants. Sando says he located a Chinese manufacturer…… MORE
Congress Delivers Nearly $500B More in Virus Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, almost unanimously rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs. House lawmakers gathered in Washington for the first time since March 27,…… MORE
Alphabetical Guidelines Take Effect at Katy Trail
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Law enforcement was patrolling the Katy Trail Thursday afternoon as alphabetical guidelines took effect to prevent further spread of COVID-19. To manage the increasing number of Katy Trail users and encourage physical distancing the outbreak, Dallas Park and Recreation implemented a trail management strategy that gives visitors access to the trail on…… MORE
Texas Supreme Court Could Rule Denton County Father Must Share Custody of his Child with Unrelated Man
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A North Texas father is amid a legal battle that could re-write custody laws in Texas. A Denton County father, Chris, is fighting to keep his 5 year old daughter, Ann. Ann’s mother was tragically killed in a car accident in 2018. The mother and father have been separated, and the father was previously granted…… MORE
Beaumont Mayor Criticized for Nail Salon Visit Amid Coronavirus Shut Downs
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames said she did not violate the city’s stay-at-home order when she visited a closed nail shop. After a picture that circulated social media sparked criticism of the mayor showing her nails soaking in a bowl, Mayor Ames explained she wasn’t getting a manicure but was soaking her…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Betsy Price, and Who Trumps Who?
0:25 — Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price joins Dave & Scott to talk about a local bar that says it’s opening May 1st and called the coronavirus “nonsense.” She also talks about her self-quarantine after testing negative for COVID-19. 8:07 — Whose rules reign supreme: Governor, County Judge, or Mayor? Lots of confusion floating around,…… MORE
Oil prices hit new lows as economic pain deepens
Undated (AP) – A barrel of oil now costs less than a cheap bottle of wine. Oil tanks are filling up and producers are finding there’s nowhere to put the once-valuable commodity as global demand craters and prices sink to new lows. U.S. benchmark crude was trading around $6.50 a barrel Tuesday. That’s more than…… MORE
At Least 5 Dead As Storms Hit Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana
MADILL, Okla. (AP) — Severe weather was moving through Mississippi early Thursday after apparent tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, where five deaths included a trailer factory worker whose body was found a quarter mile from his workplace. The worker was killed in southern Oklahoma’s Marshall County, where the storm hit Madill,…… MORE
Apartment fire destroys three story building
Dallas – (WBAP/KLIF) – 50 Dallas firefighters battled a two alarm blaze in northeast Dallas Wednesday night. The fire destroyed a three story building at the Falls at Highpoint Apartments a block or so east of the Texas Instruments campus. All residents got out safely, and there were no injuries to residents or firefighters, but…… MORE
Tornado blasts small Texas town
Onalaska (WBAP/KLIF) – The national weather service’s tornado investigators have been called to Onalaska, Texas some 90 miles north of Houston. A confirmed, powerful tornado ripped through the community Wednesday evening, killing three people and injuring 30. Polk County law enforcement reports significant damage to residential and commercial structures, as well as public infrastructure. Other…… MORE
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