DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Some Republicans are asking the Texas Supreme Court to block the state’s expanded early voting period. The GOP members are looking to overturn Gov. greg abbott’s executive order which added six days to the state’s early voting period in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Early voting was originally scheduled to begin october…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County health officials are monitoring what could be a slight bump in COVID19 cases following the Labor Day holiday. Health and Human Services Director Dr. Phillip Huang says they are concerned more about needing to pay attention to trends following relaxation of some restrictions. “These are what can cause these numbers…… MORE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who…… MORE
ARLINGTON (AP) – The National Transportation Safety Board said a loose, improperly fastened rail joint led to a 2017 derailment in a North Texas rail switching yard that killed an employee. The body of 48-year-old Jon Beckman of Frisco was found underneath a freight car the morning of September 22, 2017. In a report released…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – After a marathon nearly 11-hour virtual meeting, the Fort Worth Independent School District board of trustees early Wednesday voted to extend online instruction for 2 additional weeks. The lengthy meeting adjourned at 3:54 a.m., on the heels of hearing from about 200 district parents who signed up for public comment portion…… MORE
Waco (WBAP/KLIF) – A Waco pastor and supporter of President Trump claims that his prayers brought about the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. According to DeadState.com, Pastor Robert Henderson said that he was in a meeting Monday night in D.C., where he claims to have said: “We need to go into the…… MORE
PHOENIX (AP) — Cindy McCain endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP’s 2008 nominee. Trump has had a fraught relationship with members of John McCain’s family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during his 2016 campaign. But the McCains have until now…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A toddler that was taken in a stolen car in Dallas early Wednesday morning has been found safe. Dallas Police said officers found the 3-year-old Chasity Collins in the 1000 block of Mountain Lake Road, a few miles from where she was taken. Investigators said Chasity had been sitting in a white…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 15,000 Texans have died due to COVID-19 after another 77 fatalities occurred Tuesday. Two of those deaths were in Denton county, bringing the Denton death toll to 109. Dallas county has 1,000 Coronavirus deaths, Tarrant county 636, and Collin county 138. Texas has a total of over 716,000 positive results out of nearly…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council approved a $782 million fiscal 2021 general fund budget Tuesday and voted to keep the property tax rate at 74.75 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The general fund budget is only a portion of the city’s Capital and Operating Budgets that total just under $2 billion for fiscal…… MORE
