Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up For the Month of October
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The surge in Texas coronavirus cases has raised COVID-19 hospitalizations by almost 2,500 cases since Oct. 1. The 5,650 hospitalizations reported Wednesday were also the mos...
Oct 28, 2020
Texas Leaders Continue to Discourage Defunding Police
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – State leaders in Texas continue to discourage cities from defunding Police departments. The City of Austin recently allocated $150 million away from Police. Governor Abbott...
Oct 28, 2020
Dallas ISD Receives 15,000 Rapid Covid Tests, District Plans to Test Student Athletes First
[Getty Images]DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Texas Education Agency has selected Dallas ISD for it’s rapid Covid-19 testing program. Robyn Harris with Dallas ISD said the district is getting 15,000 rap...
Oct 28, 2020
Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris to Campaign in Fort Worth, Republicans React
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Democrat Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris will campaign later this week in Tarrant County. According to her campaign, the Senator from California will make severa...
Oct 28, 2020
After Facing Backlash, Texas Council Outlaws Social Worker Bias Against Clients
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas chapter of the National Association is applauding a Texas council decision to rescind an action that would have allowed social workers to turn away clients ba...
Oct 28, 2020
FWPD Releases Surveillance Photo of Stockyards-Area Shooting Suspect
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth police have released a photo of a man who they say shot and wounded a man near a parking lot in the Stockyards area two weeks ago. The incident happened overn...
Oct 28, 2020
Trial Set For Former Fort Worth Officer Charged With Murder
Atatiana Jefferson, CNN photo FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A judge in Texas has tentatively set an August trial date for a white former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Atatiana...
Oct 28, 2020
Texas Supreme Court Backs Abbott On Limiting Ballot Drops
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court has vacated a state court injunction against Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting counties to one drop-off site each for mailed ballots. Without d...
Oct 28, 2020
Help Available for Texas Renters Facing Eviction
(Staff Photo By Matt Stone/ MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Despite a national moratorium on evictions, thousands of renters are getting the boot as landlords are finding ways...
Oct 28, 2020
Four Dallas Area Bars Shut Down
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agents continue to take part in “Operation Safe Open”, intended to assure that Texas businesses are following state standards...
Oct 27, 2020
