DALLAS (AP) – Many people are still getting a sense of the wreckage left by the icy blast that hit Texas and much of the Deep South last week, knocking out power to millions and contributing to nearly 80 deaths. Soaked drywall is being pulled back to give a fuller view of the destruction, and…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- State and federal recovery officials urge disaster survivors to watch for and report any suspicious activity or potential fraud. Disasters often bring communities together but con artists, identity thieves and other criminals may target survivors. The most common types of post-disaster fraud include phony housing inspectors, fraudulent building contractors, bogus pleas for disaster…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Five members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors have resigned. The Public Utility Commission of Texas released a filing showing that four unaffiliated directors from the Board of Directors resigned. The filing also showed one candidate to be on the board has withdrawn from consideration. Anger from Governor…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (WBAP/KLIF) – Golfing great Tiger Woods has been hospitalized after a major car crash in California. Images coming in show an SUV on its side badly damaged. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office originally said Woods had to be removed from the vehicle with the jaws of life and was pinned inside the vehicle…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – President Joe Biden will visit Texas later this week in the aftermath of last week’s winter storm. According to the White House, the President and the First Lady will travel to Houston on Friday. The Biden Administration granted a major disaster declaration for the state in the wake of widespread power…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday that it has reduced the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Dallas and Tarrant County due to the arrival of Federal vaccination sites in the region. “When you include the doses going to the FEMA sites, Dallas County providers are receiving 45,690 first…… MORE
DESOTO (WBAP/KLIF News) – DeSoto Police are investigating a deadly house fire that claimed the lives of two children. In a tweet Tuesday, investigators said the fire happened in the 100 block of Wildwood Court near Beltline and South Polk Street. DeSoto Fire Rescue Chief Jerry Duffield said the children, ages 1 and 2, were…… MORE
Atlanta (WBAP/KLIF) – The paper released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies nine COVID-19 transmission clusters in elementary schools in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta in December and January, That included one cluster where 16 teachers, students and relatives of students at home were infected. In only one of the nine…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas was reeling from last week’s historic freeze, the state’s attorney general was in Utah for previously scheduled meetings, a spokesman said Monday. Republican Ken Paxton’s trip was not previously known publicly, and he made no mention of being out of state while lashing out at Texas’ grid operators on…… MORE
Denton County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – After shutting down for several days last week, the Texas Motor Speedway COVID-19 vaccine hub will reopen tomorrow for second dose shots. Denton County health officials have prioritized second dose appointments which officials say are in limited supply right now. 22-thousand 2nd-dose shots will be administered on Wednesday Thursday and…… MORE
