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Shocking New Covid Numbers From Dallas County Sunday

Shocking New Covid Numbers From Dallas County Sunday

WBAP/KLIF –  The Dallas County Covid case count climbs again with Sunday’s released new numbers 11 hundred and 74 new cases announced Sunday, along with 12 additional deaths. A total of 2 thosuand and 8 Dallas County residents have lost their lives because of the Covid 19 illness. Vaccinations remain troublesome with not enough doses…MORE

CBS News/WBAP/KLIF – President Joe Biden will repeal the ban on transgender Americans serving in the U.S. military. The announcement will be made via executive order.  Then President trump tweeted a ban in 2017 on transgender military members serving. The move could affect more than 15 thousand transgender military members who had been serving in…MORE

Voter Turnout Highest Since 1968

Voter Turnout Highest Since 1968

Undated (AP) – The 2020 presidential election has officially hit the highest voter turnout in more than 50 years. The turnout rate in last week’s presidential election eclipsed the 61.6% of voting-age Americans who voted in the 2008 election. It now has the highest turnout rate since 1968. As new votes are still slowly tallied,…MORE

Texans Set Early Voting Record

Texans Set Early Voting Record

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The official count is in, and shows that when early voting closed Friday, 9,669,246 votes had been cast in Texas. That’s 700,000 more than were cast in the state during all of the 2016 election. The experts are now saying that by the end of the day Tuesday it’s quite possible more…MORE

Dallas Police Officer Dragged By Fleeing Suspects

Dallas Police Officer Dragged By Fleeing Suspects

Dallas (WBAP.KLIF) – A Dallas police officer was injured Saturday when a car driven by two wanted felons drove off, dragging him along the ground. Officers pulled the two over while investigating reports of drug sales in the 4200 block of Maple Avenue. During that traffic stop the officers realized the two people in the…MORE

Six Injured When Boat Burns At Lake Weatherford

Six Injured When Boat Burns At Lake Weatherford

Weatherford (WBAP/KLIF) – Six people were injured Saturday afternoon when a boat caught fire on Lake Weatherford. Four of the injured were badly burned, and had to be airlifted to hospitals. The remaining two were transported by ground ambulance. The boat sank, and The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is trying to recover it. The…MORE

The COVID-19 Numbers Keep Rising

The COVID-19 Numbers Keep Rising

Austin (AP) – Texas has reported 4,732 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and 154 new deaths from the illness. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the new coronavirus cases pushed the overall number of cases for the six-month Texas outbreak to at least 606,530. Of those, the state says…MORE