ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) — A 70-year-old man has become the first Texan to have a positive test result for the new coronavirus outside of persons repatriated from abroad under quarantine, Texas health officials announced Wednesday. The patient is a resident of a Houston suburb in Fort Bend County who had just returned from travel abroad,…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An increasing number of high-profile companies and speakers have withdrawn from the South by Southwest music and arts festival amid mounting concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. Social media behemoth Facebook, tech news outlet Mashable, video-based social media platform TikTok and U.S. chip maker Intel and technology giant Apple…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Police Department needs your help finding the suspect of a deadly hit and run. Fort Worth Officer Buddy Calzada said a 7-year-old boy was crossing the street at a cross walk with other young family members at around 10pm Tuesday when a driver hit and killed him. The driver’s…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. The House votes on the deal Wednesday and Senate leaders are pressing for a vote in that chamber by the end of the week. The legislation came together unusually quickly, a rarity in…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Alamo Drafthouse cinemas across the Metroplex are giving back to teachers this month. Vice President of Creative Operations Jordan Michael said the company is giving away a “snack pack” worth $10. “For the whole month of March, whether it’s your Spring break or not, we’re going to offer free snacks…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Thousands of jobs will be available this week through a City of Dallas job fair. The ‘Dallas Hires’ event will showcase 3,300 available jobs across city services and government. Mayor Pro-Tem Casey Thomas said the city is trying to “grow it’s own.” “We have a lot of young people and those who…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and has endorsed Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had pinned his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than $500 million from his own fortune into…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There is no word on why a Dallas County Republican Party election judge was a no-show at a polling location Tuesday. Rodney Anderson, Chairman of the DCRP says two other polling sites were used to accommodate voters after the snafu at Lake Highlands Junior High. Anderson says the problem did not cause…… MORE
Former longtime Rep. Pete Sessions advanced Tuesday to a runoff for the Republican nomination in a rural central Texas district in his bid to return to Congress after being voted out of a different seat in 2018. Sessions surged in a crowded field in the GOP primary amid criticism that he cherry-picked the district to…… MORE
San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – A San Antonio official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a mall after their release from a two-week quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base. City spokeswoman Laura Mayes says that was one reason the city declared a public health emergency…… MORE
