Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – At least 40 workers at an Irving poultry processing plant have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Wisconsin based Brakebush Brothers plant employs more than 750 people. It was shut down for four days in April for a deep cleaning, and says it has strengthened its employee safety precautions. Two dozen…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A new study confirms it is not imagination, traffic is increasing in DFW. Traffic Carma reports a 10% increase in morning rush hour traffic last week. It was up 22% at midday, and 15% during afternoon rush hour. According to Traffic Carma, that was all caused by an overall 20% increase…… MORE
Austin (AP) – An East Texas man who asserts that he’s intellectually disabled has won a reprieve from his execution scheduled for next week for a 2007 shootout that left two sheriff’s officers dead. Randall Wayne Mays was set to receive lethal injection May 13 for the shootings at his Henderson County home. In an…… MORE
Houston (AP) – Police say the fatal shooting of three men in less than an hour in Houston is part of a nearly 50% increase in homicides in the city this year. Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva says while investigators are still trying to determine a cause for the jump in homicides, one possible factor…… MORE
BURLESON, Texas (AP) – First responders say the pilot of a small plane was killed when the aircraft crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from a North Texas airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Cessna crashed around 3:30 p.m. Thursday about 1 mile south of Fort Worth Spinks Airport. That’s about 12 miles…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A man was struck and killed on a runway by a commercial jet landing on a runway at an Austin, Texas, airport. Authorities say the incident happened Thursday night at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight arriving from Dallas…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – There is some evidence that Texas’ reported coronavirus death toll in the first quarter could be an undercount. A USA Today network analysis found the state of Texas reported 41 confirmed COVID-19 deaths from January 1 to March 31, with the first victim dying on March 17. However, the analysis also says…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – For Muslims in the United States, there is no other time more centered around gathering in congregation than the holy month of Ramadan. In every corner of the country, believers attend community iftar meals to break the fast, and then pack neatly into tight rows for nightly prayers at the mosque. On…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A group of high end hotel chains run by Dallas businessman Monty Bennett announced Saturday it will return all the government stimulus money it received as coronavirus relief. The group got a combined $126 million from the Small Business Administration. It says it applied for the money in good faith, and met…… MORE
New York (AP) – Profits fell at Exxon Mobil during the first quarter as the global pandemic began to erode oil demand. The Irving, Texas oil giant lost $610 million in the first quarter, down 126% from the same time last year. Revenue was $56.16 billion, down 12% year over year. And Chevron Corp. turned…… MORE
