Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas’ Public Utilities Commission has put a hold on residential water and power shutoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the newly announced program customers may be able to avoid disconnects for up to six months. In addition, electric, water, and sewer providers also must suspend late fees. The new rule does not…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant Area Food Bank plans to distribute 25 pound boxes of non-perishable food to families Saturday morning from 10:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. The food bank says it has enough for 250 families. The boxes will be handed out at two Fort Worth elementary schools: Como Elementary in the 4000 block…… MORE
Grapevine (WBAP/KLIF) – Grapevine based GameStop is closing all of its U.S. retail stores, and working exclusively online. The video game retailer says in response to the coronavirus threat it will continue to process orders placed at gamestop.com, and offer its customers either curbside pick-up or delivery. Ironically, GameStop’s C.E.O. says the company is experiencing…… MORE
San Diego (AP) – U.S. officials are expected to announce new restrictions on the southern border by the end of the week as they try to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. and Mexico have been working on plans to halt much of the cross-border travel without disrupting trade. Officials on both…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The number of coronavirus cases in Texas now tops 300. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Saturday 304 people have tested positive for the virus, up from about 200 on Friday. The number of deaths in the state remained at five. Dallas County has the greatest number of cases with…… MORE
Denton (WBAP/KLIF) – The Denton City Council Friday night amended its earlier declaration of disaster in order to postpone its scheduled May 2 city council election. Exactly when that election will be held has not yet been decided. The city of Denton will petition the state government for an alternative date that, of course, must…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department is now dealing with its second confirmed case of COVID-19. An officer in the Central Patrol Division tested positive for the Coronavirus Friday. His last day on the job was Thursday, March 12. That officer has been isolated, and reportedly is doing well. One close contact co-worker is…… MORE
Dallas police are trying to figure out what touched off an early Saturday morning shooting inside the Dallas Cabaret South near Walnut Hill Lane and I-35E. The first officers on the scene found a man in the parking lot carrying a rifle. They quickly determined he was not involved. They found a woman inside the…… MORE
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) – Police in Killeen say three people have been found shot to death inside an apartment in the central Texas city. Police Commander Ronnie Supak says officers investigating water leaking into an apartment early Saturday traced the source to an unlocked apartment, where they found two men and a woman dead. No…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Safety officials are investigating how a 12 inch crack developed in the skin of a Boeing 737 jet operated by Southwest Airlines. The plane gradually lost cabin pressure on the flight, but pilots flew down lower where the pressure was safe, and completed the flight from Las Vegas to Boise, Idaho. The…… MORE
