AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott delivered remarks at the future site of Amazon’s 700,000 square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Waco on Friday. According to the Governor, the fulfillment center is the largest capital investment in the City of Waco and is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs. The Governor spoke of Texas’ business-friendly environment…… MORE
COLLEGE STATION (WBAP/KLIF News) – The coronavirus pandemic has devastated food security gains in Texas and across the United States. According to a recent study by Texas A & M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the pandemic erased two decades of progress. The university’s Dr. Patrick Stover said food insecurity was more manageable before…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – United States Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced this week that Assistant United States Attorney Damien Diggs will lead the Northern District of Texas’ Election Day Program for the November 3 general election. AUSA Diggs is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with…… MORE
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Mesquite has made over $1.5-million available residents impacted by COVID pandemic. Officials said the funds can be used to pay rent, mortgage, and utilities. The assistance program is a part of the Recovery Mesquite campaign and is funded through the CARES Act. Elligible residents can get up to 15-hundred…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Southwest Airlines has announced it will start filling the middle seats again on airplanes beginning December first. The airline made the announcement in a series of tweets. The airlines said, “This decision was not made lightly and we’d like to share how we arrived at it.” The tweets went on to say…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Losing football games is one thing at the University of Texas. A challenge to the hallowed school song is quite another. A controversy over “The Eyes of Texas” has lingered for weeks now at Texas, with some players refusing to sing it after games or even stand for it given its…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – While President Trump seized on a comment about the oil industry his Democratic rival made towards the end of the debate, facts took a hit right out of the gate Thursday night. President Donald Trump‘s first line of the night, about COVID-19 deaths, was false and set the tone as he and…… MORE
EVERMAN (WBAP/KLIF)- An Everman police officer has died of Covid-19 after being hospitalized for several days. The department says 60-year-old Alex Arango contracted the virus while on duty. “It is with the deepest sadness, that we announce the Line of Duty Death of Officer Alex Arango, #186. Officer Arango passed this morning, as a result…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas sports legend is lending a hand to North Texas families struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic. Retired Dallas Mavericks Star Dirk Nowitzki strapped on his mask and slid on his gloves at the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center in South Dallas on Thursday, passing out hundreds of food boxes to…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Division of Emergency Management are surging additional medical personnel and equipment to the El Paso region to assist with the community’s COVID-19 response. The city reported a single day record with 1,161 infections on Thursday and…… MORE
