Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Republican representative John Ratcliffe will almost certainly become President Trump’s newest Director of National Intelligence today. The U.S. Senate will vote on Ratcliffe’s nomination, and while the vote is expected to fall almost entirely along party lines, that will be enough to confirm him. Ratcliffe was almost guaranteed confirmation when democrats…… MORE
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 (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
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
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