DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas and Dallas County opened their first mega public COVID-19 vaccination site at Fair Park on Monday. Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) estimates up to 2,000 people will be vaccinated by appointment each day. “This is a huge step forward in our city’s fight against COVID-19,” said Dallas…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans blocked a House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office Monday morning. As the House prepares for impeachment, President Donald Trump faces a single charge – “incitement of insurrection” – over the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – First Lady Melania Trump released her first public statement about the deadly riots on Capitol Hill by President Trump’s supporters last week. The statement was posted on the White House website Monday morning. Melania Trump said she was “disappointed and disheartened” by the event after a mob stormed the Capitol…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters. The Associated Press reviewed social media posts, voter registrations, court files and other public records for more than 120 people connected to the rioting. They include Republican Party officials, GOP political donors, far-right militants,…… MORE
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years. That stands to undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to block new drilling on public lands to address climate change. An Associated Press analysis of government data shows…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s work on the border wall, the White House said Saturday. Trump will travel to the town of Alamo, Texas. He will mark the completion of 400 miles of border wall and his administration’s efforts to…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – There are a number of school closings and delays as a result of Sunday’s snowfall across the metroplex. Alvarado ISD Opening at 10:00 AM Avalon ISD Opening at 10:00 AM Blooming Grove ISD Closed Canton ISD Opening at 10:00 AM Corsicana ISD Closed Eustace ISD Closed Grandview ISD Opening at 10:00…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Grapevine man reportedly connected to the protests at the U.S. Capitol last week has been arrested. Larry Rendell Brock was photographed at the U.S. Capital, during the riots this past Wednesday, and turned himself in to Grapevine Police on Sunday. In a photo on the FBI’s website, Brock can be seen…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Officials in Austin and Travis County are working to open space in the Austin Convention Center to care for COVID-19 patients as hospitalizations in Texas set a record high for the 13th consecutive day. Texas health officials on Saturday reported 13,935 COVID patients statewide. The Alternate Care Site in Austin announced Saturday…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A pizza delivery driver was robbed, kidnapped, and beaten Saturday in north Dallas. The 35 year old woman had just delivered a pizza at an apartment complex a block or so from the interchange of the President George Bush Turnpike and the Dallas North Tollway when a heavy set Latin man pulled…… MORE
