DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police are asking for the public’s help in solving a homicide. Dallas Police say they found the body of a 31 year old man, Albert Santoya, in a ditch. The location was not reported. The cause of death has not been released, but police indicate this is a homicide.…… MORE
Covid 19 Numbers Up in North Texas
WBAP/KLIF – New case counts and annoucements concerning Covid 19 in North Texas: Dallas County case count now up to 1,112 cases of Covid 19 Tarrant County announces two more victim deaths; both elderly individuals, with a case count now at 383; 11 deaths total. Collin County announces it’s third death, case count to 256…… MORE
Governor Abbott, Number of Hospital Beds In Texas Has Doubled In Last Two Weeks
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas has doubled the amount of hospital beds in the past two weeks. But hospital officials said Friday that there’s not enough protective gear available for doctors and nurses, and Texas officials acknowledged they haven’t received all the supplies they have requested from the federal government. A…… MORE
Federal Prisons Locking Down Inmates In Their Cells For 14 Days Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal Bureau of Prisons is locking inmates in their cells at all its facilities for 14 days in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The implementation of a new plan Wednesday comes as a focus shifts to a federal prison complex in Louisiana, where three inmates have died and…… MORE
Daughter of McKinney Mayor Tests Positive For COVID-19
DALLAS (AP) – A suburban Dallas mayor is fighting the coronavirus on two fronts: at home and in the city. Just days after McKinney Mayor George Fuller imposed a stay-at-home order on the city’s 200,000 residents, his 19-year-old daughter tested positive for COVID-19. Although Fuller says he’s had an overwhelmingly positive response from McKinney residents…… MORE
Narcotics raid finds exotic animals
Mercedes, Texas (AP) – Authorities seized animals including a white Bengal tiger, bobcat, kinkajou, porcupines, llamas, emus and deer after finding them at a South Texas residence while executing a search warrant. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Sammy Parks says the search warrant served on March 25 at the home on 5 acres in Mercedes,…… MORE
Hobby Lobby closes stores
Oklahoma City (AP) – Hobby Lobby says the ongoing threat of the coronavirus has forced it to close its stores until further notice. The Oklahoma City-based arts and crafts chain says it is furloughing all of its store employees, and many of its corporate and distribution workers. Many state and local governments have issued orders…… MORE
COVID-19 keeps spreading through Texas
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County now reports 90 new cases of coronavirus, bringing its total to 921. The county’s death toll remains at 17. Tarrant County has 31 new cases, bringing its total to 383. Collin County added 29 new COVID-19 cases, making 256 in all, and listed its second death. Denton County reported 19…… MORE
The number of hospital beds is increasing in Texas
Austin (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott says Texas has doubled the number of hospital beds in the past two weeks. But hospital officials are saying there’s not enough protective gear available for doctors and nurses, and Texas officials acknowledge they haven’t received all the supplies they have requested from the federal government. A coronavirus outbreak…… MORE
Man Wanted for California Homicide Arrested at DFW Airport
DFW AIRPORT (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A man wanted for homicide and attempted murder was arrested Thursday by U.S. Custom and Border Protection officers at DFW airport. 31-year-old Bartolo Cruz Dionicio has been wanted by the Gilroy Police Department in California for crimes committed in 2013. That’s over six years on the run. He was on his way…… MORE
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