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Will Americans Get Another Stimulus Check?
(WFAA) Washington/AP (WBAP/KLIF) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin engaged in fast-paced negotiations on Tuesday to cut a deal on a major relief package that cou...
Oct 21, 2020
City of Fort Worth Renames Road After a Woman Shot & Killed by a Former Police Officer
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) - Just over a year after Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed by police in her Fort Worth home, The Fort Worth City Council is proposing to remember her legacy by renaming a s...
Oct 21, 2020
McKinney Citizens Committee Recommends Leaving Throckmorton Statue Where It Is
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) - An 11 person citizens committee is recommending by a 6-5 majority, that the statue be left where it is in the McKinney downtown square. Despite complaints that it brings up ...
Oct 20, 2020
MLB World Series, NLCS Helps to Restore Tourism Industry in Arlington
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- October 20th, 2020 is Game One of the World Series hosted in Arlington’s Globe Life Field. Ron Price President and CEO of the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau says...
Oct 20, 2020
TABC Suspends Alcohol Permit for North Texas Bars Violating COVID-19 Requirements
(Photo: TABC) AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced Tuesday that a week long effort to enforce the state's COVID-19 health and safety protocols resulted in emerg...
Oct 20, 2020
Gov. Abbott: “Our Hearts are with the Family of Houston Police Sgt. Harold Preston”
(Office of Gov. Abbott) AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement on Tuesday following the shooting of two Houston Police Officers in the line of duty. Sergeant Harold Preston died in the...
Oct 20, 2020
Texas, Other States File Lawsuit against Google
(AG Ken Paxton) AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) -State Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday that Texas is suing Google for engaging in what he called “anticompetitive and exclusionary practices&#...
Oct 20, 2020
Frisco Teen Wins $25,000 Prize For 3M Young Scientist Challenge, Discovers Potential Therapy for COVID-19
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A North Texas teenager has joined the ranks of scientists who are racing to find a treatment for the coronavirus. 14-year-old Anika Chebrolu of Frisco won the 2020 3M Y...
Oct 20, 2020
Dallas Embarrassed By Kyler Murray’s Homecoming, Cardinals Shock Cowboys 38-10
"I have to be a guy this team can lean on, especially in the times right now with so many of our starters not playing. It's not acceptable. I need to figure it out." – Zeke ElliottWFAA photo ARL...
Oct 20, 2020
What’s Next for McKinney’s James Throckmorton Statue?
(Facebook) McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – McKinney City Council will hear tonight from an advisory board created to look into what to do with a Confederate statue located on McKinney’s downtow...
Oct 20, 2020
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