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Crane wreckage removed from Dallas apartment complex

Crane wreckage removed from Dallas apartment complex

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The wreckage of a crane that fell on an Old East Dallas apartment complex June 9 has finally been removed from the building. The management of Elan City Lights apartments made the announcement Friday. The work was slowed by official investigations, and what the crane operator described as the need to prioritize…MORE

The Latest on the U.S. Response to Attacks on the Saudi Oil Industry

The Latest on the U.S. Response to Attacks on the Saudi Oil Industry

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says the U.S. will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to beef up security, as President Donald Trump has at least for now decided against any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry. Defense Secretary…MORE

Texas Matches Record Low Unemployment Numbers

Texas Matches Record Low Unemployment Numbers

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Workforce Commission reports the state unemployment rate for August was 3.4 percent. This matches the Texas all-time low for unemployment since the state started keeping job records. Eighteen thousand, two hundred new jobs were added. The biggest gains were in the Education and Health Care sectors. Dallas actually performed slightly better…MORE

McKinney Approves Budget, Residents will Pay Less on Property Taxes

McKinney Approves Budget, Residents will Pay Less on Property Taxes

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of McKinney approved a $585 million dollar budget effective October 1st. City Manager Paul Grimes said they lowered the city’s property tax rate meaning property owners would pay 51 cents for every 100 dollars of assessed property value. “The 1-cent reduction brought the current property tax rate to 51 cents resulting…MORE

Salmonella, Typhoid Fever case confirmed in McKinney Restaurant Worker

Salmonella, Typhoid Fever case confirmed in McKinney Restaurant Worker

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Collin County Health Department has confirmed a case of travel-related extensively drug resistant Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever) at a McKinney Restaurant. They warm anyone who ate from Hat Creek Burger Co., 3321 S Custer Road in McKinney, between Aug. 19 and 22 may be at risk. Pam Ritz with the restaurant said the worker left…MORE

Officials Say Third Death Tied to Imelda Floods

Officials Say Third Death Tied to Imelda Floods

HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities say the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda have led to the death of a third person. Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jason Spencer said Friday that preliminary indications are a man whose body was found in a ditch Friday north of Houston drowned from storm-related flooding. An autopsy will be performed…MORE

Bonnie Parker’s Poetry Book, Clyde Barrow’s Watch Among Items Up For Auction

Bonnie Parker’s Poetry Book, Clyde Barrow’s Watch Among Items Up For Auction

DALLAS (AP) – A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Saturday in Boston. Parker and Barrow were shot to death by lawmen in Louisiana in 1934 following a massive…MORE

Arlington Police Warn Parents of New ‘Kidnapping Scam’

Arlington Police Warn Parents of New ‘Kidnapping Scam’

Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington police say they’ve been getting reports of yet another attempt to scam folks out of their money. The latest, according to police Lieutenant Chris Cook is targets parents via their cell phones by wanna-be thieves looking to extort money by telling them their children have been kidnapped. “The have the…MORE

FAA Chief Tests New 737 Max Software

FAA Chief Tests New 737 Max Software

DALLAS (AP) – The nation’s top aviation regulator has tested new software for the Boeing 737 Max in a flight simulator and is tentatively giving a favorable review to the updates to a plane that remains grounded after two deadly crashes. The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, Stephen Dickson, also toured the Max…MORE