DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – According to Dallas County leaders, the county and the City of Dallas are canceling a contract with the company operating the COVID-19 testing site at Eastfield College. Washington-based Honu Management Group was audited by the City of Dallas earlier this month following complaints about the timeliness of its test results. According to…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott is proposing legislation that would deter cities from de-funding its police departments. Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dennis Bonnen held a press conference in Fort Worth where they announced the proposal. With this proposal, any city that de-funds its police department will have its property…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas has become the fourth state to surpass 10,000 COVID-19 deaths. On Monday, The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 51 new deaths along with more than 2700 cases. About four out of five of the deaths occurred since June 1st when Texas was in the beginning stages of one…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Conference for Women and Texas Restaurant Association have launched a new initiative to award more than $150,000 in grants to women-owned restaurants across Texas. The Texas Conference for Women will donate the grant funds to the Texas Restaurant Association’s Texas Restaurant Relief Fund, in an effort to assist women in…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – In what’s seen as another COVID-related set back for the airline industry, Fort Worth based American Airlines’ planned new Terminal-F at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has been put on hold. Airport officials postponed the planned 24-gate facility “indefinitely” because of the drastic drop in air travel, according to thepointsguy.com. Construction of a…… MORE
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is out for the season after tearing the quadriceps tendon in his right leg in the first padded practice of training camp Monday. The Cowboys added plenty of depth on the defensive line in the offseason, but the loss of a potential starting tackle is…… MORE
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) – As Democrats kicked off their first ever virtual national convention amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump visited Midwest battleground states, in Milwaukee, the official host state for the DNC. Trump served up a law and order message to counter former Vice President Joe Biden’s show at the convention. Trump…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas Fifth District Court of Appeals Executive Committee members met at Dallas Baptist University to elect a nominee to fill the vacancy left by the passing of Justice David Bridges. The committee nominated Attorney John Browning from Rockwall to serve as the Republican nominee this November. “I believe that he is a…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF)- A 29-year-old man is charged with capital murder for allegedly killing a Plano woman while jogging earlier this month. The Plano Police Department says they got back forensic evidence that Bakari Moncrief was associated with 45-year old Sarmistha Sen’s death. Plano Police Officer David Tilley said Moncrief was already in custody, on a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A backlog of COVID-19 cases significantly boosted Dallas County numbers for a second day in a row on Monday. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 1,850 additional confirmed cases Monday, bringing the total confirmed case count in Dallas County to 65,278, including 829 confirmed deaths. The total probable case count in Dallas is 2,519, including 7…… MORE
