FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth City Manager David Cooke has initiated an audit and criminal investigation following the termination of the director of the city’s Aviation Department. Assistant City Manager Fernando Costa said they fired Aviation Director Bill Welstead on September 9th following an internal investigation. He said then stories came out about wrong doing within…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- BioLabs, a top biotech laboratory operator, has selected Dallas as its first location in the central United States. Following recently unveiled plans by J. Small Investments, in partnership with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, BioLabs is opening a 23-acre, mixed-use office campus located in Downtown Dallas Pegasus Park. BioLabs at Pegasus Park, a new fully…… MORE
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