DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — A rally by member of the Frederick Douglass Republicans of Tarrant County will take place Saturday. According to a press release provided by the organization, the rally is meant to showcase America’s Constitutional heritage as well as the divers makeup of the FDRSTC. The event will take place from 10 a.m. –…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas drivers will notice gas prices ahead of the Labor Day weekend are extremely kind on their wallets. According to AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch, the statewide gas price average in Texas is $1.91 for a gallon of regular unleaded. That’s one cent less than this time last week and 37…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County can boast of one of the Lone Star State’s newest cultural districts. The Texas Arts Commission bestowed the designation on Fort Worth’s Near Southside which joins its counterparts in Dallas’s Deep Ellum and Austin’s Red River District, according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The distinction, which recognizes popular…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has surpassed 13,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths as hospitalizations continue falling to the lowest levels since June. State health officials Thursday reported nearly 3,900 new cases and 221 additional deaths blamed on COVID-19, the illness the coronavirus causes. Hospitalized patients were just over 4,000. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hinted this week…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — University of North Texas assistant football coach Tate Wallis was arrested by Denton police Thursday and faces two charges of having an improper relationship with a former student and an educator. The specifics of the allegations against Wallis haven’t been explained but the improprieties are said to have occurred during October…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4% from 10.2% even as hiring slowed in August as employers added the fewest jobs since the pandemic began. Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said Friday, down from 1.7 million in July. The U.S. economy has recovered…… MORE
LACEY, Wash. (AP) – A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week was killed late Thursday as a fugitive task force tried to arrest him in Lacey, Washington. The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that 48-year-old Michael Forest Reinoehl, a known antifa member, was killed as…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Dallas ISD students might be heading to the classroom sooner than planned. The district initially decided to wait until October 5th to start on-campus classes. But the recently decreasing COVID-19 numbers has caused the district to consider starting in person classes earlier. The district is now inciting students who will attend classes for…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – COVID-19 precautions are in place on McKinney ISD school buses but the district is advising parents that social distancing on those buses just isn’t possible. According to district spokesman Cody Cunningham, about 65-percent of students in McKinney ISD are back in the classroom. Half of the student population rides the bus on average.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Tarrant County Public Health has released a school data “dashboard” to help school leadership and residents better understand the COVID-19 metrics in their areas. According to TCPH, the majority of Tarrant County schools are now at a point where they could consider a hybrid learning model. “The new dashboard, along with our existing…… MORE
