DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – COVID-19 cases and hospitalization are on the rise in North Texas, but doctors aren’t overly concerned. According to the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, week over week active positive cases and hospitalizations continue to increase, but the rate of growth has moderated this week. Pre-k cases continue to see the largest percentage…… MORE
Uvalde CISD Superintendent Recommends District Police Chief Pete Arredondo Be Fired
UVALDE (WBAP/KLIF News ) – In the midst of ongoing backlash over the police response to the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, school Superintendent Hal Harrell has recommended that embattled district Police Chief Pete Arredondo be fired. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District will consider the move on Saturday, July 23. The development comes…… MORE
Decriminalize Denton on Home Stretch for Moratorium on Low-Level Pot Arrests/Citations
Denton, TX (WBAP/KLI) – An ongoing effort by cannabis advocates in Denton to get a permanent moratorium on arrests and citations has moved a step closer to reality as Denton City Council on Tuesday voted to place the issue on the November ballot. The advocacy group in ‘Decriminalize Denton‘ spear-headed the effort earlier this year…… MORE
Top Ten Dry Streak, Isolated Storms This Evening
WBAP WX CENTER FORECAST 5A 7-20-22 * * EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING ALL OF NORTH TEXAS * * TODAY…SUNNY AND HOT… HIGH NEAR 107 WINDS SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON… TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY AND MORE HUMID WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.. LOWS 79-84 SINDS SOUTH 10-15 MPH AND…… MORE
Former North Texas Lawman Guilty of Civil Rights Violation
(WBAP/KLIF) — Officials say a former East Texas deputy pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for punching a restrained detainee in the chest repeatedly with a shock gun. Former Van Zandt County Sheriff’s deputy David Yager pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge arising from a February 2021 assault on a detainee. The victim was…… MORE
Former North Texas Lawman Guilty of Civil Rights Violation
(WBAP/KLIF) — Officials say a former East Texas deputy pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for punching a restrained detainee in the chest repeatedly with a shock gun. Former Van Zandt County Sheriff’s deputy David Yager pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge arising from a February 2021 assault on a detainee. The victim was…… MORE
Record Heat Bears Down on the Metroplex
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Temperatures reached as high as 109 degrees on Tuesday in DFW, and North Texas are feeling the heat. “I’ve got a cooler in the backseat of my car filled with ice and water,” said a valet driver in Downtown Dallas. “I’m just passing bottles out to everyone I see.” Others chose to…… MORE
Continued Reaction to Texas House Report on Uvalde Massacre
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Leaders in Austin, and across the state of Texas, continue to react to this week’s release of an interim House investigative report on the elementary school massacre in Uvalde that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Governor Greg Abbott thanked House Speaker Dade Phelan and the Texas House for their investigation…… MORE
Kaufman County Leaders Issue Disaster Declaration As Chalk Mountain Fire Continues to Burn
KAUFMAN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Kaufman County leaders declared a disaster declaration as the King’s Creek Fire continues to burn. The declaration, issued Monday night, allows the county judge to access more resources and implement tougher fines for people who continue to break an ongoing burn ban. “Such as putting heavier fines for people…… MORE
FTW: ‘Unusually high’ Number of Water Main Breaks Due to Excessive Heat/Drought
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth says that the extreme heat and lack of rain has triggered an unusually high number of water main breaks in the city; nearly 200 in the past 30 days due to “land shifting.” Another happened overnight in a Fort worth neighborhood where we’re told that water…… MORE
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