Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – There are a number of school closings and delays as a result of Sunday’s snowfall across the metroplex. Alvarado ISD Opening at 10:00 AM Avalon ISD Opening at 10:00 AM Blooming Grove ISD Closed Canton ISD Opening at 10:00 AM Corsicana ISD Closed Eustace ISD Closed Grandview ISD Opening at 10:00…… MORE
Grapevine Man Reportedly Arrested For Involvement in Protest at U.S. Capitol
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Grapevine man reportedly connected to the protests at the U.S. Capitol last week has been arrested. Larry Rendell Brock was photographed at the U.S. Capital, during the riots this past Wednesday, and turned himself in to Grapevine Police on Sunday. In a photo on the FBI’s website, Brock can be seen…… MORE
Austin Convention Center to care for COVID-19 Patients as Hospitals in Texas Fill Up
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Officials in Austin and Travis County are working to open space in the Austin Convention Center to care for COVID-19 patients as hospitalizations in Texas set a record high for the 13th consecutive day. Texas health officials on Saturday reported 13,935 COVID patients statewide. The Alternate Care Site in Austin announced Saturday…… MORE
Pizza Delivery Driver Assaulted And Robbed In Dallas
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A pizza delivery driver was robbed, kidnapped, and beaten Saturday in north Dallas. The 35 year old woman had just delivered a pizza at an apartment complex a block or so from the interchange of the President George Bush Turnpike and the Dallas North Tollway when a heavy set Latin man pulled…… MORE
Judge Blocks Asylum Rules Changes
Phoenix (AP) – A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum rules changes less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The changes had been set to take effect Monday. The judge’s ruling has limited immediate impact because the government has largely suspended all asylum at the U.S.-…… MORE
Christmas Tree Fire Nearly Burns Down McKinney House
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – A Christmas tree fire damaged a McKinney home Saturday. Firefighters say the residents of that home put their left over Christmas tree in their home fireplace to burn it, but the tree was much larger than the fireplace so only the top of the tree would fit. When they put a match…… MORE
Texas Coronavirus Hospitalizations Near 14,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – State health officials say Texas coronavirus hospitalizations continue to edge closer to the 14,000 level as the string of record hospitalizations continues. State statistics show more than 13,900 COVID-19 patients hospitalized Friday in Texas. That marks the state’s 12th consecutive daily hospitalization record. The 372 new fatalities Friday bring the COVID-19…… MORE
Bush Family’s Texas Home May Become National Park
Midland (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas house where former U.S. President George W. Bush spent his childhood is under study for possible designation as a national park. The National Park Service has scheduled a January 26 virtual meeting to review a special resource study on what has been named the George W. Bush Childhood Home. George…… MORE
Dickinson, Texas Pulled A Name Out Of A Hat To Choose Its New Mayor
Dickinson (WBAP/KLIF) – The race to be mayor of the Houston suburb of Dickinson finally ended during the week when the winner’s name was drawn out of a top hat. Sean Skipworth and Jennifer Lawrence each ran to be the next mayor of Dickinson, but after a runoff election last month, and a recount earlier…… MORE
North Texas Surpasses 450,000 Coronavirus Cases
(WBAP/KLIF) — North Texas surpasses 450,000 positive tests for covid-19. Over 6,400 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus were detected in the Metroplex, Friday. Tarrant county reported two shy of 3,000 cases, Dallas county listed nearly 2,400, while Collin and Denton counties combined for more than a thousand newly infected residents. Dallas county was the…… MORE
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