DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Health Department is reporting a case of Monkeypox. The infected person lives in the city of Dallas and recently traveled to Nigeria. The person flew into Love Field on July 9th. The Centers for Disease Control is working with local health officials to reach out to airline passengers and…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Friday that he will host Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida for a border security briefing with state and local officials and law enforcement on Saturday in Del Rio. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joey Gallo has repeatedly said he wants to stay with the Texas Rangers. The All-Star slugger is also well aware that he could be traded in the next two weeks by the team that drafted him. The still-rebuilding and last-place Rangers are certain to get inquiries from contending teams before the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is offering Texas Democrats a way home to Austin. Phelan said in an effort to further compel House Democrats to return to Texas, he’s chartering a plane that will be on standby in Washington D.C. on Saturday. “I am demanding all of our colleagues in D.C. to contact…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – American Airlines is telling some flight attendants to cut short their leaves of absence and come back to work. The airline said Thursday that it is canceling extended leaves for about 3,300 flight attendants, and it wants them flying by November or December. Plus, the airline expects to hire 800…… MORE
LEVELLAND, Texas (AP) – Authorities have captured the suspect in an hourslong police standoff where one officer died and four others were wounded in a small West Texas city. Levelland Police Chief Albert Garcia says the situation came to a resolution around 11:30 p.m. after authorities used robots and gas to draw the suspect…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Friday, July 16, the Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB), in partnership with the City of Fort Worth and The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation are unveiling the Resources and Education Delivered (RED) Bus, providing community resource assistance, nutrition education and healthy food options to Fort Worth communities with high…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – House Republicans continue to urge their Democratic colleagues to return to the current special legislative session in Austin. Dozens of House Democrats broke quorum over a Republican-led voting measure earlier this week in order to stall the bill. On Thursday, House Speaker Dade Phelan said he charted a plane to D.C. and…… MORE
IRVING (WBAP/KLIF)- Over 300 businesses are at the Irving Convention Center in Las Colinas looking to fill over 10,000 job positions. Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne said she wanted to host this job fair after speaking with many businesses in the area who have said it’s been hard to hire employees and get back to normal.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Mavericks organization officially introduced its new Head Coach and General Manager at the American Airlines Center on Thursday. Owner Mark Cuban said the hire of Nico Harrison as General Manager is expected to bring more structure to the organization. “We didn’t have a lot of structure before,” said Cuban. “One…… MORE
