DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Dallas Stars are continuing their quest for a second Stanley Cup. The Stars have advanced to the Western Conference finals after defeating the Colorado Avalanche in game 7 overtime 5-4. Forward Joel Kiviranta is recognized as the hero of the game after netting the game winning goal. This is the first…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women will direct more than $18 million in grant funding to Texas to support efforts to curb domestic violence throughout the state, announced U.S. Attorneys Erin Nealy Cox, Ryan K. Patrick, John F. Bash, and Stephen J. Cox, on Friday According to Cox, as the state…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – TCU has announced it has canceled the TCU/SMU football game scheduled for September 11th over concerns surrounding new cases of COVID 19. In a statement, the university said some student-athletes and support staff have tested positive for the virus and even though no one is facing serious health issues those involved…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — A rally by member of the Frederick Douglass Republicans of Tarrant County will take place Saturday. According to a press release provided by the organization, the rally is meant to showcase America’s Constitutional heritage as well as the divers makeup of the FDRSTC. The event will take place from 10 a.m. –…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas drivers will notice gas prices ahead of the Labor Day weekend are extremely kind on their wallets. According to AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch, the statewide gas price average in Texas is $1.91 for a gallon of regular unleaded. That’s one cent less than this time last week and 37…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County can boast of one of the Lone Star State’s newest cultural districts. The Texas Arts Commission bestowed the designation on Fort Worth’s Near Southside which joins its counterparts in Dallas’s Deep Ellum and Austin’s Red River District, according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The distinction, which recognizes popular…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has surpassed 13,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths as hospitalizations continue falling to the lowest levels since June. State health officials Thursday reported nearly 3,900 new cases and 221 additional deaths blamed on COVID-19, the illness the coronavirus causes. Hospitalized patients were just over 4,000. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hinted this week…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — University of North Texas assistant football coach Tate Wallis was arrested by Denton police Thursday and faces two charges of having an improper relationship with a former student and an educator. The specifics of the allegations against Wallis haven’t been explained but the improprieties are said to have occurred during October…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4% from 10.2% even as hiring slowed in August as employers added the fewest jobs since the pandemic began. Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said Friday, down from 1.7 million in July. The U.S. economy has recovered…… MORE
LACEY, Wash. (AP) – A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week was killed late Thursday as a fugitive task force tried to arrest him in Lacey, Washington. The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that 48-year-old Michael Forest Reinoehl, a known antifa member, was killed as…… MORE
