Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Republican representative John Ratcliffe will almost certainly become President Trump’s newest Director of National Intelligence today. The U.S. Senate will vote on Ratcliffe’s nomination, and while the vote is expected to fall almost entirely along party lines, that will be enough to confirm him. Ratcliffe was almost guaranteed confirmation when democrats…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – UT Austin has announced on-campus, fall classes will resume as scheduled August 26. The university’s calendar will then continue as previously scheduled until Thanksgiving break. After Thanksgiving the school’s exams and other activities will be conducted remotely. The idea is to head off a wave of COVID-19, that is expected to rebound…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas dog parks will re-open Friday, as will the city’s skate and disc golf parks, but there are some restrictions. Groups must keep to a maximum of 15 people. To make sure they do, the Parks Department will rotate staff from recreation centers to pavilions at parks across the city. The Parks…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – A four year old, small company in Frisco has won a huge Texas COVID-19 contract. MTX Group Inc., has won a $295 million state contract to track Texans potentially infected with the coronavirus. That’s known as “contact tracing,” and involves finding people who’ve come into close contact with others who have since…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue fought a 2 alarm fire early Thursday morning along the Stemmons Corridor. Flames were shooting out of the roof of a vacant commercial building a block east of I-35E and Walnut Hill Lane when firefighters arrived about 3:00 AM. They had no choice but to take a defensive approach to…… MORE
Denton (WBAP/KLIF) – Denton Police are investigating a weekend late night murder. A little before 11:00 PM Saturday they were called to the 200 block of South Bonnie Brae Street where they found a man with a gunshot wound. He died a short time later in a local hospital. Denton Police describe the victim as…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas Police officer was shot Saturday night by a wanted felon who later killed himself. It began on South Westmoreland Road when officers tried to stop a man they knew was wanted for at least two felonies. He fled, driving the wrong way up Westmoreland until he crashed into another vehicle.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County has reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly two weeks. 199 new cases Friday, first time it’s dipped below 200 a day since May 2nd. The county has been averaging about 250 a day. The bad news is Dallas County reported five more deaths. Tarrant County reported…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Local leaders along Texas’ border with Mexico are asking Governor Greg Abbott to delay letting more businesses reopen next week. Health officials in El Paso say they’re worried about relaxing lockdown measures after COVID-19 cases in El Paso surged by 60% in the past two weeks. Abbott is set to announce Monday…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Traffic is increasing in DFW as Texas slowly re-opens its businesses. Traffic Carma reports there were about 33% more people driving around the metroplex during the week than there were the week before. That works out to a 7% increase in morning rush hour traffic, and a 23% increase in afternoon traffic.… MORE
