Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Dallas Business Giving Jobs to Furloughed Federal Employees
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A local Dallas business is giving temporary jobs to federal workers furloughed by the partial government shutdown. Peek’s Flooring Company has heard from dozens since placing...
Jan 24, 2019
Dallas-Based Non Profit Develops “Bed Availability” App to Help Homeless Community Across the Metroplex
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas-based non profit is helping the homeless community find a warm place to stay this winter with a new app. The “Bed Availability” app will send an em...
Jan 24, 2019
Texas Restaurant Offers ‘Poor Man Special’ To Federal Workers
Facebook photo PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) – A Texas restaurant that features homestyle Southern food is offering a free meal called the Poor Man Special to federal workers not getting paid during t...
Jan 24, 2019
Trump to Postpone his State of the Union Address
CNN Photo WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has conceded that there’s no place like the House for a State of the Union address and will postpone this year’s message until afte...
Jan 24, 2019
Trump Doing Alternative Event to House Speech
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he will do an “alternative” event since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blocked him from giving his State of the Union address to a joint...
Jan 23, 2019
Fort Worth Bomb Squad K-9 Officially Retires
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A beloved member of the Fort Worth bomb squad officially retired Wednesday. Quigley, a black labrador retriever, has been a part of the K9 Explosive Unit since 2011. For...
Jan 23, 2019
North Texas Credit Union Offering Help to Federal Workers Impacted by Ongoing Partial Government Shutdown
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Federal workers who are struggling financially as the partial government shutdown enters its 33rd day can take advantage of new programs at EECU Credit Union in For...
Jan 23, 2019
Nurse Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman in Vegetative Sate who gave birth
Phoenix, Arizona (WBAP/KLIF) – A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in a vegetative state who then gave birth last month at a Phoenix health care facil...
Jan 23, 2019
Texas Lawmaker Wants to More Than Double the State Minimum Wage
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Raising the state minimum wage is on the radar for at least one Texas lawmaker this session. Rep.Ron Reynolds (D) Houston, filed a bill that would more than double the m...
Jan 23, 2019
Air Traffic Controllers Growing Frustrated as Partial Shutdown Continues
(WBAP/KLIF) – A growing number of air traffic controllers in North Texas are voicing frustrations as the partial government shutdown continues. Thousands of air traffic controllers are furloughe...
Jan 22, 2019
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