DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council unanimously approved the 2020 Fair Park Master Plan Update on Wednesday, which outlines the vision and future planned development for Fair Park. The announcement comes on the heels of the Dallas Park and Recreation Board approval this past summer. The Master Plan Update was presented by Fair Park First,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Education Agency has selected Dallas ISD for it’s rapid Covid-19 testing program. Robyn Harris with Dallas ISD said the district is getting 15,000 rapid antigen tests and they will start by testing student athletes every week before practices, and eventually include other students and staff. “Our student athletes have the greatest interaction,”…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police have released a photo of a man who they say shot and wounded a man near a parking lot in the Stockyards area two weeks ago. The incident happened overnight October 11 in the 2500 block of Rodeo Plaza. Police say the victim was among a group of…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County Elections officials are re-scanning about one-third of the mail in ballots after an issue with the ballot machines. Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia said the electronic scanners rejected thousands of mail in ballots because it was unable to read the barcodes. “We scan the ballots in and the scanner…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday that an alleged election fraud scheme exposed in a Project Veritas video is under review by investigators from his Election Fraud Unit. The video shows Project Veritas meeting with Raquel Rodriguez who admits to ballot harvesting. In the video, she claims to be a consultant for GOP…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Biden-Harris campaign will be in North Texas later this week ahead of the November 3 Presidential election. Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris will visit the region on Friday, according to her campaign staff and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. “She will be coming in to North Texas and we’re glad…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources are launching the DFW COVID-19 Prevalence Study and are asking for volunteers. According to participating doctors, the study is meant to better understand ethnic and socioeconomic disparities of COVID-19 infections. “These data are essential to have as soon as possible,” Dr. Amit Singal said. According…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – On a call with reporters Sunday, former Texas Govenor Rick Perry said that President Trump is focused on battleground states in the last days of the presidential campaign and insists Texas is not one of them. Perry reportedly said, “He’s going to be in battleground states and Texas is not a battleground…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott delivered remarks at the future site of Amazon’s 700,000 square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Waco on Friday. According to the Governor, the fulfillment center is the largest capital investment in the City of Waco and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs. The Governor spoke of Texas’ business-friendly environment…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – United States Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced this week that Assistant United States Attorney Damien Diggs will lead the Northern District of Texas’ Election Day Program for the November 3 general election. AUSA Diggs is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with…… MORE
