ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Allen ISD is offering curbside meal service twice a week to its students, K-12, to help struggling families whose children are now learning from home. The service starts Wednesday, August 12th, and will give families meal bundles, two breakfasts and two lunches. This week, the pick up dates are Wednesday and…… MORE
Dallas Appeals Court Upholds Murder Conviction for a Former Balch Springs Police Officer
Balch Springs, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Dallas has upheld the murder conviction and 15-year prison term for former Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver. Oliver is serving 15 years for the 2017 murder of Jordan Edwards. he was a passenger in a car leaving a party police were breaking up.…… MORE
Governor: Virus Tests May Increase as Texas Schools Reopen
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that coronavirus testing in Texas could increase as schools reopen amid a sharp drop-off in the number of tests in recent weeks. Texas has averaged more than 34,000 tests a day over the past week, down from a daily average of more than 60,000 in…… MORE
Governors React to Trump’s Unemployment Plan; States Must Cover 25% of Benefit Extension
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – There are questions surrounding the President Trump‘s memorandum regarding his extension of unemployment benefits. It calls for states to anti up $100 of the $400 extension. On Monday, the Texas Workforce Commission issued a statement to multiple news outlets that it’s “currently reviewing the presidential memorandum and will provide additional information as…… MORE
Trump Abruptly Escorted From Briefing After Shooting near WH
(AP) – President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned minutes later, saying there was a “shooting” outside the White House that was “under control.” Trump says, “There was an actual shooting and…… MORE