DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations as 2020 comes to an end. “Our hospital numbers are at all-time highs and our availability of ICU beds in the region is at an all-time low,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said on Tuesday. According to Jenkins, one in four persons currently…… MORE
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is “falling far behind.” Biden says “it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people” at the current pace. He is vowing to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations five to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A State Representative from North Texas is behind a bill that promotes the commonly used phrase, “see something, say something.” Plano Representative Matt Shaheen announced this week that he has filed legislation to protect Texans reporting suspicious activity in good faith from being sued in civil courts. “In cases like the San…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Gallup is out with a new ‘Most Admired’ poll, which has President Trump edging out Former President Barack Obama for the first time in 12 years as most admired man in America. Eighteen percent of the 1,018 respondents gave the title to Trump, while Obama was most admired by 15%. President-elect Joe…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Vice President Mike Pence has been sued by a Texas congressman. Republican representative Louie Gohmert of Texas sued the vice-president, Sunday, in a bid to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Gohmert’s lawsuit hones in on Pence’s presiding roll in the upcoming January 6th meeting to finalize the electoral votes, thus sealing Biden’s…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A tragic accident has taken the lives of a mother and her two children. The accident occurred at around 12:30 pm Monday afternoon in the city of Springtown. 25 year old Brittany Counts of Springtown, 7 year old Wyatt Mask and 4 year old Preslee Mask died when their Ford Edge collided with…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas hit a new record of COVID-19 hospitalizations Monday, smashing the previous high mark set in July, as the state continues to slowly give its first round of vaccines. At least 11,351 people were hospitalized with the disease caused by the coronavirus — more than 450 patients beyond the previous one-day…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Nearly 13,000 COVID-19 positive tests were found in Texas, Monday, with over 8,000 occurring in the Metroplex. North Texas topped 390,000 cases, while Tarrant county’s extended holiday weekend coronavirus numbers showed nearly 6-thousand new positives. That bumped Monday’s new case total to over the 8,000 mark. Dallas county listed in excess of 1,200 newly infected…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The incoming Dallas Police chief will inherit a department facing a continued rise in violent crime. Retired San Jose, California Police Chief Eddie Garcia laid out his plan and priorities during a virtual round table discussion with reporters on Monday. Chief Garcia said his focus will be to drop a rise in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump’s signing of a COVID relief package is bringing requested assistance to the airline industry. The COVID relief deal gives $15 billion-dollars to passenger airlines. It’s much needed help in an industry that has seen a significant drop in demand since the pandemic began. “Despite all of the uncertainty of the…… MORE
