Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – In Congress, negotiators have reached agreement on a new round of pandemic aid that would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans, along with a fresh round of subsidies for hard-hit businesses and funding for schools, health care providers, and renters facing eviction. …… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An Oak Cliff family is sounding the alarm after their home security camera captured an alarming sight. The homeowner who declined to be identified told WFAA that no one was at home at the time as the men tried to break into the home on Fernwood Avenue. The incident happened on December…… MORE
ABILENE, Texas (AP) — In the weeks that Mark Riggs went from feeling worn down before Thanksgiving to dying of COVID-19 last Monday, only six calls about people not wearing face coverings rolled into the Abilene Police Department. Even though defiance of Texas’ mask mandate is easy to find here. When Riggs checked into the hospital, a…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott announced that Texas will participate in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, a federal program to vaccinate residents and staff of long-term care facilities against COVID-19. The program is free of charge to facilities and sends staff and Pfizer vaccines from partnering Walgreens and CVS locations to these facilities…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- The Grand Prairie Fire Department has confirmed two deaths after a small plane crashed onto a service road near Highway 360 and Mayfield Near the Arlington Border. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was a four-passenger single-engine Wheeler Express CT and it crashed shortly after departing from Grand Prairie Municipal Airport at about 3 p.m.…… MORE