Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – An Irving firefighter was seriously injured early Sunday morning when he was run down by a drunk driver going the wrong way on Highway 183. It happened a little before 4:00 AM. The firefighter was a member of a police and fire crew that was dealing with a five vehicle accident on…… MORE
A Sunday morning killing in Red Bird
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A 32 year old man was shot to death early this (Sunday) morning in Dallas’ Red Bird area. Police found Kiston Johnson Junior’s body in the driver’s seat of a vehicle about 1:00 AM. He had been shot several times, and died shortly after he was transported to a hospital. So far…… MORE
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decrease
Austin (AP) – The number of people in Texas hospitalized with the coronavirus has declined after topping 9,000 this week for the first time since summer. The Texas health department on Saturday reported 8,916 hospitalizations, down from 9,015 reported Friday. The department reported 11,672 new cases and 247 additional deaths for totals of 1.24 million…… MORE
Oil Tank Explosion Injures 7
Corpus Christi, (WBAP/KLIF) – Seven contract workers were injured Saturday when a storage tank exploded at a petroleum facility in Corpus Christi. Four of the victims were critically injured. Magellan Midstream Partners Operations Manager Mark Calhoun says the tank holding crude oil was being cleaned when a fire began. The fire caused an explosion. It…… MORE
COVID-19 Cases Increase, But Mortality Rate Decreases
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas-Fort Worth area continues to add large numbers of coronavirus cases to the overall infection total. Dallas county reported another nearly 1,700 coronavirus positive tests, Saturday, while Tarrant county listed over 1,300 and Denton county had 389. That brought the metroplex total to nearly 296-thousand cases since the pandemic began. However, the…… MORE
Many Texas Businesses Must Return to 50% Occupancy Levels As of Saturday December 5th, Due to COVID-19 Hospitalizations
As of today, many Texas businesses will be rolling back capacity and occupancy levels as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter from the Texas Department of State Health Services written to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, it outlines that all restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms and exercise facilities, museums…… MORE
Man Allegedly Escapes From Human Smuggling Operation in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) – A federal prosecutor says an Honduran man has been charged with harboring after he was found keeping watch of more than two dozen people who authorities say were being held in a Houston home as part of a human smuggling operation. Houston police say the smuggling operation was discovered Thursday evening after…… MORE
Texas Nursing Homes Will Be Among the First To Receive Coronavirus Vaccines
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas health officials are moving nursing home residents to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccines. The change Friday comes after state health officials initially decided that only health care workers would have access to the first round of doses that are expected to arrive this month. The reversal comes…… MORE
13 Charged In Drug Sales By Former University Of Texas Students
Austin, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice says 13 people have been charged in a probe into a drug ring largely operated by current and former University of Texas students that used apps and social media to sell counterfeit Adderall and Xanax often laced with fentanyl. Justice officials said 13 people have been…… MORE
Appeals Court Rules For Trump Taking Military Money For Wall
Houston (AP) – A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday that El Paso County and the nonprofit Border Network for Human…… MORE
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