Dallas (AP) – A 36 year old Dallas man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump. Prosecutors said Mickael Gedlu, who was sentenced Friday, pleaded guilty in December to making threats against Trump. According to court papers, Gedlu admitted he threatened Trump’s life on social media,…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas county numbers for positive infections related to Covid 19 continued to rise Saturday. Dallas County reports four new deaths as of Saturday, 75 new cases, 2,209 cases to date, leading the area in infections. Tarrant County reports 130 new cases; four new deaths, and a to-date total of 1836…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – Federal prosecutors have obtained a permanent injunction against a Dallas-based wellness center that had been marketing a purported “ozone therapy” as a treatment for the illness caused by the coronavirus. A federal judge issued the order Friday against the Purity Health and Wellness Center, and one of its principals, Jean Juanita Allen.…… MORE
Washington (AP) – First Lady Melania Trump is sending blankets, caps, and other gifts to hospitals in 10 states, including some hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. The gifts are for use by medical staff and children who are patients. The White House says the packages were shipped Thursday to unidentified hospitals in Texas, New…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas’ attorney general has accused the nation’s largest egg producer of price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that Cal-Maine Foods raised generic egg prices by 300% even though the pandemic hasn’t disrupted its supply chain. . Texas is seeking more than $100,000 in…… MORE
Washington (AP) – The U.S. Navy has airlifted at least one sailor from a warship at sea for treatment of COVID-19. the sailor was flown off the destroyer USS Kidd to a medical facility at San Antonio where he tested positive for the virus. The Kidd has been operating in the Pacific, off the coast…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, Tarrant County is attempting the prevent another illness that usually pops up in April, the West Nile Virus. Tarrant County Public Health officials on Friday confirmed they had collected the first positive West Nile Virus mosquito sample, which was found in a unincorporated area of north west…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas salon opened Friday for haircuts and nail care despite state and county coronavirus restrictions preventing it from operating. Shelley Luther is the owner of Salon A La Mode in North Dallas and said Friday she reopened because her business is desperate to survive after being shut down for over a month.…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- The Denton County Sheriff’s Office received information about a person wanted for Aggravated Assault, Serious Bodily Injury with a Deadly Weapon – Family Violence out of the Fort Worth Police Department. Denton Sheriffs Deputies say the suspect, Marlon Bonds, had shot his girlfriend Thursday April 23, 2020 in Fort Worth and threatened to…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police are asking for the public’s help with information that will help them to find the person or persons responsible for the shooting death of a man in the parking lot of an apartment complex on South Buckner Boulevard late Thursday night. Police indicate the shooting at the Bella Vista…… MORE
