LYNN COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Lynn county sheriff Abraham Vega died Saturday after battling the Coronavirus. Vega was diagnosed with COVID-19 recently and was put on a ventilator for nine days at a hospital in Lubbock before being airlifted to Dallas on July 7th. No more information on his death is available at this time. Vega…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- North Texas COVID-19 numbers rise again. Dallas County on Sunday reported 1,174 new cases of Coronavirus and two deaths. This brings the county total to 33,800 with 451 deaths Tarrant County reported 404 new cases and four deaths. 694 total residents have been hospitalized with over 8000 making full recoveries. 272…… MORE
DFW (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As Texas sees enters the hottest time of the year the salvation army has activated multiple cooling stations throughout north Texas. These stations will provide portable fans, air conditioning, and ice cold water bottles. DFW remains in a heat advisory through Monday and highs will remain in the upper 90’s throughout the…… MORE
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Twenty-one people have suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego. The blaze called in shortly before 9 a.m. on the USS Bonhomme Richard. The cause is under investigation. Officials don’t immediately know where on the 840-foot amphibious assault vessel the…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police ask for help with information to solve the apparent shooting murder of an as-yet unidentified Black woman Saturday night. Police say about 5:30 pm, the woman, who’d been shot several times, ran to a barbershop at 2652 Cedar Crest Road, and collapsed. Police say she later died at an…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say an argument Saturday at the foot of the Ronald Kirk Pedestrian Bridge in the Trinity Groves neighborhood degenerated into a gun battle in which 16 year old Christopher Rivera was killed. A 21 year old woman was shot and critically injured. The man who apparently shot them was also…… MORE
McAllen (WBAP/KLIF) – Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday in the south Texas border town of McAllen by a suspect who later fatally shot himself . The officers were ambushed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. McAllen’s police chief says 45 year old officer Edelmiro Garza and fellow officer, 39 year old…… MORE
DALLAS – Texas Saturday reports a record breaking day for new Covid 19 infections. The state reported 10,351 cases of the novel corona virus on Saturday. Dallas County Saturday reported 1,101 new Covid 19 positive infections and four additional deaths believed related to the novel Coronavirus. Tarrant County reported 423 cases and six deaths. Denton…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Breaking their ties with Dixie, The Chicks step into a new chapter with first new music in 14 years. The timing is right for their voices to be heard again on “Gaslighter,” out on July 17. With topics like youth activism and escaping toxic relationships, the album “seemed like a good…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – American Airlines is warning Boeing that it could cancel some overdue orders for the grounded 737 Max unless the plane maker helps line up new financing for the jets. That’s according to people familiar with the discussions. The jets have become more expensive as the coronavirus pandemic cripples airlines. American had 24…… MORE
