(WBAP/KLIF) — Another case of attempted human smuggling at the U.S. southern border. Security camera footage recently showed roughly 200 illegal immigrants crossing into Texas and boarding a tractor trailer. The semi then disappears into the night with a destination unknown to authorities. Fox’s Jonathan Hunt in Laredo, Texas, says border patrol agents frequently encounter…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — In-person classes are canceled at a Dallas area school due to COVID-19. Richardson ISD is moving to virtual education for Brentfield elementary school after 29 students tested positive for the virus. According to RISD’s Tim Clark, the district determined that the virus has been transmitted during school activities. Brentfield elementary will go completely…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A 40 year veteran of Dallas Fire Rescue is the first Dallas firefighter to die from COVID-19. According to DFR, 62-year-old David Leos passed away on Thursday afternoon after being hospitalized with COVID since mid-July. His family said he wasn’t vaccinated for the virus. Leos leaves behind a wife, eight children, and…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Public Health announced on Thursday the location of numerous pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics that will be open to the public next week. According to the county, each site has the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and at times the Johnson & Johnson. Children 12 and older are eligible for a vaccination.…… MORE
The General Motors plant in Arlington will remain open… The global shortage of computer chips is causing many automakers to temporarily close factories. GM recently announced that it would pause production at eight North American plants during the next two weeks, including two that make the company’s top-selling pickup truck. Ford will also stop making…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Fire Department continues to provide assistance in the southern part of Louisiana in the aftermath of Ida, which made landfall on Sunday as a category 4 hurricane. Fort Worth firefighters, and others from across North Texas, are part of a statewide task force providing recovery help to Louisiana.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden says his administration is “ready to provide all the assistance that’s needed” in response to a massive wildfire in California and to Hurricane Ida, which knocked out power and wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast before causing deadly flooding and tornadoes in the Northeast. Biden outlined his administration’s response…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is lambasting the Supreme Court’s decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state. He said Thursday he is directing federal agencies to do what they can to “insulate women and providers” from the impact. Hours earlier, in the middle of the…… MORE
WACO, Texas (AP) – A Central Texas school district is closing its schools after two teachers died last week of COVID-19. Connally Independent School District officials closed its seven suburban Waco schools for the rest of the week Tuesday after the Saturday COVID-19 death of 41-year-old Natalia Chansler. She taught social studies to sixth graders…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The head of the Texas Education Agency gave a stark assessment of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on school operations and student achievement. Mike Morath told members of the Texas Department of Education Wednesday that ongoing outbreaks of the virus within school districts has led to closures and lapses…… MORE
