DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – According to City Officials in Fort Worth, the number of COVID-19 cases has gone from three to four hundred a week, up to three to four thousand a week, within the last month. There’s also an up tick in the number of hospitalizations. The city’s health director Brandon Bennett said “99.5%…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval or infection rates continue to rise. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says in his…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Independent School District plans to violate Governor Abbott’s order that stops schools from requiring masks. According to the DFW Hospital Council, the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, especially among children, continues to rise in North Texas. Because of that, Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced on Monday that he…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Many health care facilities are facing staff shortages amid a surge of Covid-19 hospitalizations, according to the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. President and CEO Stephen Love said health care workers have been at this for 18 months and are tired. He told WFAA-TV that in many situations, hospitals are having to deal with health…… MORE
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes. But the mandatory requirement has opened the door for those opposed to getting the vaccine to cheat the system, according…… MORE
WAXAHACHIE (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Waxahachie community is mourning the death of a local teen after a car crash claimed her life and left five others seriously injured. The Texas Department of Public Safety said 16-year-old Titiana Errisuriz was driving and lost control of the car, missed a curve and hit a culvert at 122 Shoreside…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Twenty two Texas House Democrats sued some of the state’s top Republican leaders in federal court in Austin. They are suing Governor Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan and a State Representative James Wright. The lawsuit alleges that their efforts to bring them home for a Special Legislative Session infringed on their constitutional…… MORE
HOUSTON – The no space issue is beginning to hit North Texas hospitals with Hunt Regional Healthcare announcing it’s Commerce Emergency Room site is temporarily closed, with Texas Health at North Rockwall announcing the same change in services with onset of the Covid 19 Delta Variant pushing national Covid 19 positive numbers to levels…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas Democrats are still refusing to return to the state Capitol. Most Democrats didn’t show up when Republican Governor Greg Abbott opened a special session Saturday, the GOP’s third attempt to pass new election laws in Texas. Some Democratic legislators who fled the state last month remain in Washington, D.C., prolonging a…… MORE
AUSTIN – WBAP/KLIF – 22 Texas House Democrats are suing some of the state’s top Republican leaders in federal court, alleging efforts to bring them home for a special legislative session infringes on their constitutional right to free speech, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. Governor Gregg Abbott has called for the…… MORE
