Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
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 ...
Dec 6, 2020
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. Ma...
Dec 6, 2020
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 test...
Dec 5, 2020
Many Texas Businesses Must Return to 50% Occupancy Levels As of Saturday December 5th, Due to COVID-19 Hospitalizations
[WFAA photo]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 Service...
Dec 5, 2020
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 H...
Dec 5, 2020
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 de...
Dec 5, 2020
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 app...
Dec 5, 2020
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 pa...
Dec 5, 2020
Irving Car Wash Employee Killed In Freak Accident
Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – An employee at an Irving car wash was killed Friday afternoon in a freak accident. Police say the 39 year old employee was caught in some machinery at Wash Masters Car Wash ...
Dec 5, 2020
Cornyn Believes President Has Run Out of Time
(WBAP/KLIF) — President Trump’s battle to win the election through the court system has not produced any substantial victories. Lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona have been stru...
Dec 5, 2020
