Holiday Air Travel Surges Despite Dire Health Warnings

UNDATED (AP) – The TSA says nearly 1.2 million people went through U.S. airports on Sunday. That’s the highest number since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country back in March. And the uptick came despite the pleadings of public health experts for people to stay home over Thanksgiving to limit further spreading the virus. The…MORE

Trump Headed to GA Amid Senate Runoff as Some Republicans Worry About Conspiracy Theories

ATLANTA (AP) – Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party’s ability to win a Senate majority and counter President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. The concerns come ahead of Trump’s planned Saturday visit to Georgia to campaign alongside Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.…MORE

Fort Worth Mayor Gets New Covid Antibody Treatment

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF)  Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price is back at work after a two week fight against Covid-19, which included a new antibody treatment.  Price says her doctor told her she was a good candidate for the I-V treatment called Bamlanivimab.  She says she was diagnosed with covid on the November 17th and received…MORE

Dallas Mayor says Entrepreneurship will Help Lead City Through Pandemic

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Mayor of Dallas is targeting entrepreneurship as a way for the city’s economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We want this economy to lead the nation in the recovery from COVID-19,” said Mayor Eric Johnson. “That’s going to help us get out of the pandemic faster and recover economically, quicker.”…MORE

City of Dallas, Local Homeless Shelters, Faith-Based Groups Work to House Unsheltered Homeless during Freezing Overnight Temperatures

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- As temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight the City of Dallas, local homeless shelters and churches are making sure thousands of unsheltered homeless have a warm place to sleep. “In Dallas, on any given night, there’s 10,000 homeless people when we only have 2,300 shelter beds so the vast majority have…MORE

Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations Could Bring Restrictions to North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A continued rise in covid-19 hospitalizations could bring more COVID-19 restrictions to North Texas. Per Governor Abbott’s executive order, bars must close and other businesses reduce capacity to 50% if the the COVID-19 hospitalization rate in a particular trauma service area stays above 15% for seven days. Dallas County Medical Director Phil…MORE

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