ASSOCIATED PRESS; ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE – He was known as the flamboyant father of rock and roll; broke barriers of race, music and society, and died at the age of 87 after a long battle with bone cancer. Little Richard, born Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon Georgia in 1932, died Saturday. Little Richard broke barriers and…… MORE
DALLAS) – WBAP/KLIF =- Dallas County on Saturday reported 250 new positive infections of the Covid-19 virus, and 8 additional deaths. Tarrant County Saturday reported 6 additional deaths believed related to complications from the virus, as well as 83 new positiives. Denton County announced no new deaths on Saturday related to coronavirus, but discovered 12…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats are demanding that companies return federal dollars that they say were intended for smaller businesses. A Democratic-led subcommittee overseeing coronavirus aid on Friday sent letters to five companies as its first official action. The panel said the companies received loans of $10 million and should not have taken them. That’s…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas city officials say they are furloughing about 500 employees for 2 1/2 months after the economic crash caused by the coronavirus pandemic decimated city finances. In a letter sent Friday to employees, City Manager T.C. Broadnax said the economic shutdown imposed by the outbreak of COVID-19, the illness caused by the…… MORE
Garland (WBAP/KLIF) – A Rockwall man has been arrested for Friday’s killing of a woman in Garland. 33 year old Jessica Watkins was gunned down at a gas station outside an I-30 Walmart while apparently soliciting money from customers at the gas pumps. Witnesses got the license number of the suspect’s car as it drove…… MORE