Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming doctors and nurses and afflicting more children. Intensive care units around the nation are packed with patients extremely ill with the coronavirus — even in places where hospitalizations have not yet…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The School Boards in Dallas and Fort Worth each took steps Thursday night opposing Governor Abbott’s executive order that bans local officials from instituting mask mandates. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees decided to join an existing multi-district lawsuit challenging the Governor’s order. Fort Worth’s School Board formally adopted a mask…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A controversial voting reform bill was passed by the Texas House a little before midnight Thursday night. That’s the measure Democratic members blocked for weeks by leaving the state in protest. The House will take a final vote on the measure Friday. then the Senate, which has already passed its own version,…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year. Southwest has struggled all summer with high numbers of delayed and canceled flights. CEO Gary Kelly said Thursday that the cuts in the schedule should create a more reliable travel experience. Southwest says it will trim…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- To get ready for the holiday shopping surge, the United States Postal Service is looking to fill 40,000 across the nation, including 5,000 throughout Texas. “We all know that online shopping is the bnig thing now package voluume grows and it continues to expand, we always need fols,” said Albert Ruiz with the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) will be deploying an additional 2,500 medical staff to support health care facilities in Texas, including hospitals and nursing homes. This will bring the total number of medical personnel deployed across the state to 8,100. In addition, DSHS is providing…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with the evacuation of Americans and others from Afghanistan after attacks that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers and dashed hopes of ending the 20-year U.S. war without further bloodshed. As many as 1,000 Americans and many more Afghans are still struggling to get out of Kabul. Biden…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF) – A mask requirement for San Antonio schools was temporarily blocked by the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday. The decision to grant the emergency motion for temporary relief in the case of Abbott vs, San Antonio keeps the decision to enforce mask mandates with the governor, not local government entities. “The Texas Supreme Court…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Governor Abbott asked Texas for prayers on Thursday after it was reported that several U.S. military members were killed in an attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. The disturbance occurred as the U.S. Military evacuates Americans citizens and Afghan refugees from Afghanistan. “What we’re witnessing in Kabul right now is an…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Dallas 14-year-old is charged with murder after an armed carjacking led to a high-speed police chase that ended with a crash. The deadly incident prompted Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia to raise an alarm about a rising number of teens committing crimes. “We’re seeing more and more juvenile suspects particularly with…… MORE
