DALLAS (AP) – Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas. Investigators allege that the pair used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military. Neither Kevin Pelayo nor Cristine Fredericks has been charged with a crime, but Army…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Salvation Army and Reliant Energy have opened 13 cooling stations across North Texas to help the community combat high heat exposure. Hundreds of cars looped around the Salvation Army’s Pleasant Grove Community Center in Dallas, one of the cooling sation locations, to pick up portable fans, water, PPE and even boxes of food. “Unfortunately,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Health Department is ordering all schools, public and private, to postpone in person learning until after September 8th. Dallas health officials released an order July 16th stating Dallas County is reporting record-high numbers of COVID-19 and COVID-19 related hospitalizations. The order says school systems shall not reopen for on campus, face-to-face…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a coin shortage in the United States that the Federal Reserve says is related to the recent economic shutdown in many state’s across the country. With limited in person transactions and fewer people going out, the less cash that was circulated. Now. many stores across the country asking customers…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association is applauding a bi-partisan bill proposed by Senator John Cornyn to provide more resources to restaurants and food banks during the coronavirus pandemic. Senator Cornyn worked with his colleague, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), to introduce the “State Emergency Restaurant & Vendor Enhancement and COVID-19 Anti-Hunger Restaurant Relief For…… MORE