DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-Alto, a Dallas-based rideshare and delivery company, has announced it will partner with national organization Toys For Tots this holiday season in all of its current service markets – Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Los Angeles. The partnership’s special vehicle will raise money, as well as toys, for Toys For Tots, and also provide the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has concerns about the hiring process as the city looks to bring in a new Police Chief. Current Chief of Police, Renee Hall, plans to leave the department at the end of this month after submitting her resignation earlier this year. In the City of Dallas, the City Manager…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County reported its second highest COVID-19 case count since the pandemic began on Thursday with 2,122 new cases and 3 deaths. The county reported 2,183 cases on November 21 which is the daily record number of cases. “This is the second highest number of new COVID infections we have seen thus…… MORE
BURKE (WBAP/KLIF) – Incoming Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan had a frightening encounter aboard a plane this week. Officials said no one was seriously injured when the plane skidded off a runway while trying to land during a rainstorm Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. It happened at the Angelina County Airport about 110 miles…… MORE
AP Economics Witer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped from 787,000…… MORE