DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With a rising number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott addressed recent speculation over a potential lock down when speaking with WBAP’s ‘Rick Roberts Show’ on Tuesday. “I’ve been getting phone calls over the past day or two wondering if there’s a lock-down coming,” said Abbott. “Listen, there’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Long portions of steel rails were delivered Friday, July 10, to Addison, Texas along the Silver Line, showing that construction on Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) $2 billion project is underway. Manufactured by Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) in Columbia City, Indiana, the rail traveled 1,100 miles to its new home in North Texas.…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced this week that the U.S. Department of Defense has activated additional U.S. Army Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to assist the state’s efforts to combat COVID-19. At the Governor’s request and as part of a whole-of-nation approach, one UAMTF arrived in San Antonio on July 6th, an…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The beloved late President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank will forever be on the Dallas map. Friends, co-workers and supporters gathered Monday at South Pearl Expressway and Farmers Road, for the official renaming of Farmers to Jan Pruitt Way. Pruitt, who served as leader of the food bank,…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American and Southwest airlines both say they’re overstaffed by tens of thousands of workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic Fort Worth-based American Airlines has put union leaders on notice that job cuts and furloughs could happen this fall; over 20,000 workers could be impacted. Meantime, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly…… MORE