(WBAP/KLIF) — The North Texas Food Bank’s (NTFB) 10th annual Spread the Hope Peanut Butter drive runs during September with a goal of collecting 400,000 pounds of peanut butter. In 2022, the annual peanut butter drive collected nearly 350,000 pounds of peanut butter. This year’s drive aims to surpass that number in order to provide…… MORE
BOCA CHICA (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Federal Aviation Administration has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy rocket explosion and has ordered Elon Musk’s company to make dozens of changes. The rocket exploded over the southern Texas city of Boca Chica near Brownsville on April 20, 2023. The FAA’s final report cites…… MORE
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Texas’ floating barrier on a section of the Rio Grande to stay in place for now, a day after a judge called the buoys a threat to the safety of migrants and relations between the U.S. and Mexico. The order by the 5th U.S.…… MORE
The National Hurricane Center said dangerous surf and rip currents were forecast for most of the U.S. East Coast starting Sunday. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee whirled through open waters toward the northeast Caribbean late Thursday becoming the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season. Lee was not expected to make landfall…… MORE
(Austin, TX) – Due to continued high temperatures, high demand, low wind, and declining solar power generation this afternoon, operating reserves are expected to be low into the afternoon and evening hours. As a result, ERCOT is asking Texans to conserve electricity use, if safe to do so, today, September 7, from 5 p.m. –…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex now has two new, level-two electric vehicle (EV) chargers available for free use. Two electric vehicle charging stations are now available in the city of Mesquite. The city’s Jenni Gilmer says the EV charging sites are located at Mesquite City Hall and the Mesquite Municipal Center. A Texas Department of Transportation…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Motorists beware of some major road closures this weekend A portion of US-75 northbound and southbound between Royal and Forest Lanes will be closed from 7pm Saturday, through 3pm Sunday. Tthe reason for the closure, the installation of the Northaven Trail Pedestrian Bridge. There will also be ramp closures at the junction…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said a rise in contraband, violence and drug related inmate murders triggered a lock down on Wednesday. 16 inmates have been killed by other inmates over the last year. In a press release, the agency said there’s been a “substantial increase” in the volume…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued an Excessive Heat Warning from 1 PM to 9 PM CDT Thursday. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDTTHURSDAY… PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay outof the sun, and check up on…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Austin – ERCOT moved into emergency operations Wednesday evening around 7:25 and a Level 2 alert was issued as demand for electricity spiked. Earlier Wednesday, ERCOT sent out a conservation appeal for consumers to reduce power consumption between 6 and 9 pm. However operating reserves continued to decline. About an hour after the…… MORE
