DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-IKEA locations in Frisco and Grand Prairie teamed up to provide $20,000 in play essentials for North Texas children enrolled in the YMCA’s COVID-19 Emergency Child Care Services program. With COVID-19-related school closures and the urgency for essential workers to report to work, there was a critical need for safe childcare options. In response,…… MORE
Governor Abbott Announces Limited Reopening Of Driver License Offices
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin a phased opening of driver license offices starting May 26 with limited service offerings. As part of this opening plan, DPS will launch a statewide driver license (DL) appointment system that allows customers to book appointments up to six…… MORE
Governor Reverses Executive Order on Travel
AUSTIN(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued an executive order terminating air travel restrictions that were put in place because of the Covid 19 pandemic. The previous executive order made it mandatory that people who came into the state from California; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Washington; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; or…… MORE
Firefighters Respond to the Call to Test Nursing Homes for COVID-19
WYLIE (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas communities at a high risk of spreading COVID-19 continue to experience increased testing, as promised by state leaders. Based on Governor Greg Abbott’s directive to test 100 percent of nursing facility staff and nursing home residents within a community, Wylie Fire Rescue quickly trained fire personnel and partnered with a local…… MORE
Record Low Travel Expected For Memorial Day Weekend
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –Travel for this upcoming Memorial Day weekend is expected to be at an all time low despite gas prices being more than a dollar less than they were this time last year. “Even though we have these record low gas prices for Memorial Day, it’s not going to matter because travel is going…… MORE