DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – A north Dallas salon owner on Midway Road may have found a way to serve customers while everyone involved safe from Covid 19 transmission. A bevy of safety steps is now in place toward that goal. Salon 13500 owner Joyce Cummings meets masked customers with appointments at the entry doors, asking…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Tarrant County has announced two additional deaths believed related to the Covid 19 virus, and 88 new cases on Saturday. Denton County reports no deaths but 19 new cases of the Coronavirus. Dallas County still leads North Texas in numbers of infections and has been breaking records for the past several…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Evacuations of some homes and businesses in East Texas have begun with an enormous amount of rainfall and flooding possible as weatHer-heavy Tropical Storm Cristobal moves north across the Gulf of Mexico, with expected landfall near New Orleans late Sunday. The storm is then expected to move a little northwest toward…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City Manager of Dallas says the curfew in Central Dallas is going away, effective today. In a statement on the city’s website, T.C. Broadnax said after consulting with Chief Renee Hall and the city council, he signed an order lifting the curfew in Central Dallas effective Saturday, June 6, 2020.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – As protests continue across the country demanding justice in the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody, the Dallas Police Department held a march of its own on Friday. The plaza outside Dallas Police Headquarters was packed with civilians and Officers calling for an end to Police brutality and social…… MORE
AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, and 2.5 million jobs were added – a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy and depressed the job market in the wake of the viral pandemic. The May job gain suggests that…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Officers of the Fort Worth Police Department paid tribute to George Floyd by kneeling outside the East side substation for 8 minutes, 46 seconds – the length of time a Minneapolis officer held his knee to the 46-year old truck driver’s neck before he died. The tribute around 1 p.m. took…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton commended the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday for its unanimous decision blocking the federal district court in San Antonio’s unlawful order, which allowed anyone in Texas to vote by mail using protections specifically created to aid those with an actual disability or illness. “I applaud the Fifth Circuit for staying…… MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The mural of George Floyd projected above his golden coffin, where mourners knelt and cried, paused and prayed at his memorial service had a simple message: “I can breathe now.” Celebrities, civil rights activists, politicians and family members of Floyd sang “Amazing Grace,” prayed and joined together in a rousing memorial Thursday…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. officials say a Navy veteran who’s been detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and is making his way home, with the first leg on a Swiss government aircraft. The officials say American diplomat Brian Hook has flown to Zurich with a doctor to meet just-released Michael White…… MORE
