AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Workforce Commission reports the state unemployment rate for August was 3.4 percent. This matches the Texas all-time low for unemployment since the state started keeping job records. Eighteen thousand, two hundred new jobs were added. The biggest gains were in the Education and Health Care sectors. Dallas actually performed slightly better…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of McKinney approved a $585 million dollar budget effective October 1st. City Manager Paul Grimes said they lowered the city’s property tax rate meaning property owners would pay 51 cents for every 100 dollars of assessed property value. “The 1-cent reduction brought the current property tax rate to 51 cents resulting…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Collin County Health Department has confirmed a case of travel-related extensively drug resistant Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever) at a McKinney Restaurant. They warm anyone who ate from Hat Creek Burger Co., 3321 S Custer Road in McKinney, between Aug. 19 and 22 may be at risk. Pam Ritz with the restaurant said the worker left…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities say the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda have led to the death of a third person. Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jason Spencer said Friday that preliminary indications are a man whose body was found in a ditch Friday north of Houston drowned from storm-related flooding. An autopsy will be performed…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Saturday in Boston. Parker and Barrow were shot to death by lawmen in Louisiana in 1934 following a massive…… MORE
Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington police say they’ve been getting reports of yet another attempt to scam folks out of their money. The latest, according to police Lieutenant Chris Cook is targets parents via their cell phones by wanna-be thieves looking to extort money by telling them their children have been kidnapped. “The have the…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The nation’s top aviation regulator has tested new software for the Boeing 737 Max in a flight simulator and is tentatively giving a favorable review to the updates to a plane that remains grounded after two deadly crashes. The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, Stephen Dickson, also toured the Max…… MORE
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Gunmaker Colt says it is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15. According to the company the move is purely based on low demand for the guns, and has nothing to do with the ongoing gun law debate. The market is saturated with other,…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Arlington police confirm the 6-year-old boy that was shot in the head by his 11-year-old special needs brother is dead. Lieutenant Chris Cook says the 11-year-old got the gun from his 16-year-old brother who claims he purchased it off the street. He said a 5-year-old sister was also grazed by the bullet. “The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Downtown Dallas Inc’s Fall Forum and Mayors state of Downtown brought in 800 people to The Omni Resort to hear what mayor Eric Johnson, a Dallas native had to say. Johnson talked about how Downtown is becoming more livable and vibrant with nearly 12,000 residents in the heart of Downtown. He also talked about…… MORE
