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Lone Marine Stages One-Man Prostest Outside the Utah Capitol

Lone Marine Stages One-Man Prostest Outside the Utah Capitol

Utah (WBAP/KLIF) – This lone Marine staged a one-man demonstration Saaturday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Witnesses say that the unnamed soldier stood in place for 3 hours and that it was so hot that his shoes began melting. I need to meet this Marine. He stood outside the Utah Capitol by…MORE

Texas county GOP leader apologizes for racist Facebook post

Texas county GOP leader apologizes for racist Facebook post

Washington, DC (CNN)A Texas Republican county chairman-elect said Saturday he won’t assume office amid backlash over posting a controversial image of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote with a banana in the picture. Keith Nielsen, the GOP chairman-elect in Harris County, announced in a Facebook post that he would be stepping aside and would not be taking…MORE

Houston prepares to bury George Floyd

Houston prepares to bury George Floyd

Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Houston has begun two days of public mourning for George Floyd who was killed while in Minneapolis Police custody. Floyd grew up in Houston’s third ward, and will be buried there Tuesday morning, following Monday’s public visitation at Houston’s Fountain of Praise Church. Among the mourners paying their respects…MORE

The number of COVID-19 cases in Texas keeps growing

The number of COVID-19 cases in Texas keeps growing

Dallas County reported 263 new coronavirus cases Sunday. That’s 11 straight days with more than 200 cases each, and brings the countywide total to more than 12,000. Health officials also reported two more deaths in Dallas County: an Irving man in his 20s, and a Dallas woman in her 90s. Tarrant County reported two more…MORE

Jailors in Fort Worth not negligent in jail birth

Jailors in Fort Worth not negligent in jail birth

Fort Worth (AP) – Authorities say an inmate at a Fort Worth jail who gave birth alone in her cell without any guards noticing had been checked on regularly. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office says an investigation into the May 17 delivery found no wrongdoing by the correctional officers who were on duty. The baby…MORE

Black Texas lawmakers want more virus information

Black Texas lawmakers want more virus information

Dallas (AP) – Black lawmakers in Texas say the state is falling short in addressing their pleas for better racial data, and efforts to decrease COVD-19’s toll on black Americans. The Dallas Morning News reports that black lawmakers have asked for a task force, and a more accurate count of the disease’s impact on black…MORE

Irving Police Issue Amber Alert for 7-month-old

Irving Police Issue Amber Alert for 7-month-old

IRVING (WBAP/KLIF) – An Amber Alert has been issued at the request of the Irving Police Department. Irving police are looking for Serenity Berry, a 7-month-old black baby girl. Serenity was last seen wearing a white onesie when she was taken from the 2900 block W. Pioneer by her mother, Jocelyn Nicole Bridges, according to…MORE

Arlington Assisted Living Facility Hit Hard by COVID-19

Arlington Assisted Living Facility Hit Hard by COVID-19

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- An assisted living facility in Arlington has been hit hard by COVID-19. 44 people in connections to the Meadowbrook Memory Care Community in Arlington have tested positive for Coronavirus, nine more still waiting on results. Of those that tested positive 30 are residents and 14 are employees. The Arlington Fire Department began…MORE

North Dallas Hair Salon Works To Find Safe Covid-Proof Operations

North Dallas Hair Salon Works To Find Safe Covid-Proof Operations

DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – A north Dallas salon owner on Midway Road may have found a way to serve customers while everyone involved safe from Covid 19 transmission. A bevy of safety steps is now in place toward that goal. Salon 13500 owner Joyce Cummings meets masked customers with appointments at the entry doors, asking…MORE

Dallas County official believes we are re-opening our way to disaster

Dallas County official believes we are re-opening our way to disaster

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins believes the on going re-opening of Texas is going to cause a tsunami of new COVID-19 cases. Appearing Sunday on WFAA-TV’s “Inside Texas Politics,” Jenkins said a new computer model by U.T. Southwestern predicts the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Dallas County will soon almost triple:…MORE