FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth said the number of pediatric patients treated for COVID-19 is at an all-time high. Today, 69 pediatric COVID-19 patients are in the hospital. Nine of those are currently waiting in the Emergency Department for an available bed to open up. The latest surge, believed to…… MORE
Dallas Approves Tax Breaks to Lure Ford’s Self-Driving Vehicle Facility
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas is offering incentives to Ford as it pursues becoming the home of the company’s next self-driving vehicle facility. The Ford Facility would bring an expected 250 jobs to the Love Field area. Dallas and two cities in California are Ford’s top finalists. During its Wednesday meeting, the Dallas…… MORE
COVID Related Absences Prompt More North Texas Schools to Cancel Classes
RED OAK (WBAP/KLIF) – The COVID-19 Omicron variant continues to take hold in schools. More North Texas school districts are canceling class as absences rise with a spike in COVID cases. Red Oak ISD Communications Director, Beth Trimble said on Tuesday that the district will close Friday to help mitigate the spread of the virus.…… MORE
Dallas Police Release Sketch of Woman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Child Near Elementary School
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas Police Department is hoping the release of a sketch of the woman accused of sexually assaulting a child will lead to some tips help identify and arrest her. The assault happened on New Year’s Day near Rose Haggar Elementary School on Campbell Road and Plumtree Drive. The suspect is…… MORE
Plano ISD: Retention Bonuses for District Employees & Raises for Substitute Teachers; No Action on Masks
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano ISD Board of Trustees last night approved an amendments to its 2021-2022 Compensation Plan. One amendment gives a $750 retention incentive to active, all full-time district employees. Current part-time employees on that date will receive $350 incentives. The amendments also increase the pay rate for Deaf Education Translators; substitute teachers,…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Trust, Reading, and Mouse Balls
Sometimes, the stories we lump together don’t have much to do with each other. This is one of those cases, where Dave & Amy talk about trust when it comes to COVID, how Americans are reading less, and a study done on mouse testicles about fertility.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Nurses With COVID Can Still Work
The health worker shortage is becoming so dire that some health authorities are allowing nurses who test positive for COVID to continue working. Is this a good idea? Dave & Amy discuss, and then talk about a fake news mom, and how safe DFW roads are.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Talking COVID With Dr. Ben
COVID has raised so many questions about variations, “Flurona,” and whether or not the new CDC guidelines make any sense. Dave & Amy check in with Texas A&M virologist Dr. Benjamin Neuman about all of it.… MORE
New trial set for man charged with killing 18 in Dallas area
DALLAS (AP) — A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span is set to be retried in April after the first jury to hear a murder case against him deadlocked. The retrial of Billy Chemirmir, 49, in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris is scheduled to begin on…… MORE
Mesquite Fire Oxygen Tank May have Sparked Deadly Apartment Fire
Mesquite (WBAP/KLIF) – A raging late night apartment fire in Mesquite left one person dead, one firefighter injured and a number of families displaced. The fire broke out around 10:30 last night at the Country Club Apartments on Pinehurst Lane. Fire investigators say the blaze started in one unit and quickly spread to other apartments.…… MORE
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