Today, PtCldy, Widely Scattered P.M. Showers and Storms, 91 (96) / 76, Winds SE5-10 Tuesday, Mostly Cloudy, Scattered P.M. Showers and Storms, 90 (97) / 77 Wednesday, More Widely Scattered Showers and Storms, 98 / 77, Winds S10-20 Thursday, Mostly Cloudy, Scattered P.M. Showers and Storms, 91 (102) / 78, WInds S10-20 Friday, PtCldy, Hot,…… MORE
‘Zero’ COVID ICU Beds Available in 7 Regions of Texas, Including Pediatric Units
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Data from the state health department on Sunday show that multiple regions across the Texas are now completely out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases spike. Texas officials said seven regions that reported zero available ICU beds on Saturday include: Abilene, Lufkin, Waco, Bryan, Beaumont, Laredo and Corpus Christi. Twelve of 22…… MORE
Dallas murder suspect granted bond after police data loss
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who was scheduled for trial on a murder charge this week was instead granted release on bond amid temporary concern that material in his case might be among troves of police data lost from the Dallas department’s computer system. A Dallas County judge granted Jonathan Pitts bond Thursday after…… MORE
Rain, Clogged Drain Flood Texas Capitol Atrium and Corridor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Officials say torrential rain and a clogged storm drain combined to flood an atrium and back corridor at the Texas Capitol. Gov. Greg Abbott revealed the flooding in an urgent Twitter message Sunday afternoon. The message said his office was working with affected state agencies and the State Preservation Board, which…… MORE
Texas Supreme Court Sides with Gov. Abbott
AUSTIN, TX (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin. The order by the state’s highest court — which is entirely comprised of elected Republican justices — halts mask requirements…… MORE
Texas Supreme Court Sides with Gov. Abbott
AUSTIN, TX (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin. The order by the state’s highest court — which is entirely comprised of elected Republican justices — halts mask requirements…… MORE
El Paso Flood Kills Resident
El Paso (AP)- A storm system that stalled for days over West Texas led to what a National Weather Service meteorologist calls an “unprecedented” amount of rain in the El Paso area that left a woman dead. Meteorologist Jason Grzywacz said Saturday that 6 inches of rain fell on El Paso in the past two…… MORE
Disaster; Death Count Fast Climbing in Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
UPDATE: Death toll now placed at 724 people via Haiti’s Civil Defense officials. Tropical Storm Grace is moving toward Haiti and expected to dump heavy rainfall late Monday or early Tuesday, hampering rescue efforts. ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – The death count fast climbed to at least 304 people known killed, hundreds more injured, as…… MORE
More Than 200 Dead & Hundreds Injured / Missing Following Haiti Earthquake
UPDATED 8/14/21 @ 2:59P.M. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s civil protection agency says at least 227 killed, hundreds injured and missing, in earthquake. (Copyright 2021, The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) ======== PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, killing…… MORE
Folk Singer-Songwriter Nanci Griffith Dies
Nashville (AP) – Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her management company says Griffith died Friday. Gold Mountain Entertainment did not provide a cause of death. Griffith, who often wove into her songs social commentary…… MORE
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