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CDC:  Avoid All Non-Essential Travel To China

CDC: Avoid All Non-Essential Travel To China

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The Centers for Disease Control is recommending travelers avoid all non-essential travel to China because of the coronavirus outbreak there.  The Level 3 warning, the highest level issued by the CDC, was announced Monday night.  The CDC says there is limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas.  The only other…MORE

Denton Police Roll Out New Badges and Patches

Denton Police Roll Out New Badges and Patches

DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)-The Denton Police Department is rolling out new badges and patches. Officer Ryan Grelle says they were planning to get them for the department’s 115th anniversary. “Originally it was going to be our sesquicentennial badge, we were going to do it for the anniversary in 2023 so we were trying to figure out what…MORE

Texas Baptist Men Deploys Volunteers After Houston Explosion

Texas Baptist Men Deploys Volunteers After Houston Explosion

HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Baptist Men deployed a box unit over the weekend to help people after Friday’s explosion at a Houston manufacturing plant. Two employees were killed. The team out of Katy, Texas will distribute free packing boxes for people to use as they sort through their belongings. “As people return to the area, they…MORE

AllianceTexas Generates Over $80 Billion in Economic Impact for North Texas

AllianceTexas Generates Over $80 Billion in Economic Impact for North Texas

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- AllianceTexas, the 26,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in north Fort Worth, continues to be one of the region’s most substantial economic engines with approximately $83.74 billion generated in regional economic impact and nearly $2.53 billion in total taxes paid to local public entities. According to the annual Insight Research Corporation report, more than…MORE

Texas College Students Test Negative for Coronavirus

Texas College Students Test Negative for Coronavirus

WACO (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Texas college students suspected of the coronavirus tested negative for the illness. The virus is responsible for more than 80 deaths in China. Late last week the Brazos County Health District announced that a Texas A&M student who recently traveled to China showed symptoms of the virus. Sunday it was confirmed…MORE

Houston-Area Toddler Dies After Family Car Rolls Back, Hits Her

Houston-Area Toddler Dies After Family Car Rolls Back, Hits Her

CYPRESS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A 3-year-old Houston-area girl died Saturday in a tragic accident in her family’s driveway. The Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said one of her parents accidentally left the family’s car  in neutral in the driveway while unloading items. The vehicle rolled back and ran over the toddler. The was taken to a…MORE

Bryant’s Helicopter Flew in Fog That Grounded Other Choppers

Bryant’s Helicopter Flew in Fog That Grounded Other Choppers

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed into a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers. The helicopter plunged into a steep hillside at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday with an impact that scattered debris over…MORE

Multiple People Dead After Massive Boat Dock Fire in Alabama

Multiple People Dead After Massive Boat Dock Fire in Alabama

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) – Authorities in Alabama are searching for 7 people missing after a deadly fire at a boat dock along the Tennessee River. Scottsboro Fire Chief Gene Necklaus isn’t saying how many people have died. The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency says firefighting and rescue operations have been taking place on land and in…MORE

President Trump Reacts to Bombshell Revelation in Upcoming Book by John Bolton

President Trump Reacts to Bombshell Revelation in Upcoming Book by John Bolton

WASHINGTON (AP) – The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defense argument. Bolton writes in the forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold security aid from…MORE

Texas A&M Student Tests Negative For Coronavirus

Texas A&M Student Tests Negative For Coronavirus

College Station (WBAP/KLIF)  – The Brazos County Health District says a Texas A&M student believed to have the coronavirus  has tested negative for the virus.  Test results came back Sunday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Dr. Martha Dannenbaum, director of A&M’s Student Health Services says, “We are very pleased with this news…MORE