Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The wreckage of a crane that fell on an Old East Dallas apartment complex June 9 has finally been removed from the building. The management of Elan City Lights apartments made the announcement Friday. The work was slowed by official investigations, and what the crane operator described as the need to prioritize…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Community members in the south Dallas Forest District will now have a place to clean their clothes at low cost. The Cornerstone Community laundromat is the first public place for residents to wash their clothes in the Forest District in decades. Chris Simmons is a pastor at the Cornerstone Baptist Church next door,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says the U.S. will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to beef up security, as President Donald Trump has at least for now decided against any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry. Defense Secretary…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Workforce Commission reports the state unemployment rate for August was 3.4 percent. This matches the Texas all-time low for unemployment since the state started keeping job records. Eighteen thousand, two hundred new jobs were added. The biggest gains were in the Education and Health Care sectors. Dallas actually performed slightly better…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of McKinney approved a $585 million dollar budget effective October 1st. City Manager Paul Grimes said they lowered the city’s property tax rate meaning property owners would pay 51 cents for every 100 dollars of assessed property value. “The 1-cent reduction brought the current property tax rate to 51 cents resulting…… MORE