Category Archives: KLIF News & Information In The Morning

Classes resume at UT Austin in three months

Classes resume at UT Austin in three months

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – UT Austin has announced on-campus, fall classes will resume as scheduled August 26. The university’s calendar will then continue as previously scheduled until Thanksgiving break. After Thanksgiving the school’s exams and other activities will be conducted remotely. The idea is to head off a wave of COVID-19, that is expected to rebound…MORE

Dallas dog parks re-open Friday

Dallas dog parks re-open Friday

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas dog parks will re-open Friday, as will the city’s skate and disc golf parks, but there are some restrictions. Groups must keep to a maximum of 15 people. To make sure they do, the Parks Department will rotate staff from recreation centers to pavilions at parks across the city. The Parks…MORE

Small company wins big Texas contract

Small company wins big Texas contract

Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – A four year old, small company in Frisco has won a huge Texas COVID-19 contract. MTX Group Inc., has won a $295 million state contract to track Texans potentially infected with the coronavirus. That’s known as “contact tracing,” and involves finding people who’ve come into close contact with others who have since…MORE

Early morning fire destroys a commercial building near I-35E

Early morning fire destroys a commercial building near I-35E

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue fought a 2 alarm fire early Thursday morning along the Stemmons Corridor. Flames were shooting out of the roof of a vacant commercial building a block east of I-35E and Walnut Hill Lane when firefighters arrived about 3:00 AM. They had no choice but to take a defensive approach to…MORE

Late night murder in Denton

Late night murder in Denton

Denton (WBAP/KLIF) – Denton Police are investigating a weekend late night murder. A little before 11:00 PM Saturday they were called to the 200 block of South Bonnie Brae Street where they found a man with a gunshot wound. He died a short time later in a local hospital. Denton Police describe the victim as…MORE