VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas church community is hurting in the wake of this week’s school shooting in Nashville. Three adults and three students were killed inside the Covenant School. Hundreds of People packed Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas on Tuesday for a vigil. The service was meant to lift up the family of…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department will host a free drug forum this week to help educate the public on the growing concerns and dangers of fentanyl and other illegal narcotics. The event will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Plano Event Center. After the forum, attendees will be invited to…… MORE
Substance abuse experts say preliminary research is promising news in the treatment of alcohol abuse which effects nearly 30 million Americans. Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid the current substance abuse crisis surrounding opioids and fentanyl, researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in the treatment alcohol abuse disorders. A medication used to treat a common skin condition…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday, authorities said. The suspect also died after being shot by police. The violence occurred at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The search for a missing and disabled Everman child has taken a drastic turn. Authorities issued an Amber Alert on Saturday for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez but that changed direction on Sunday, when Everman Police declared him an Endangered Missing Person. Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer explained what led to…… MORE
Donations for those impacted by the deadly tornadoes are being accecpted by the Mississippi/Alabama Red Cross. ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — A massive tornado obliterated the modest one-story home that Kimberly Berry shared with her two daughters in the Mississippi Delta flatlands, leaving only a foundation and some random belongings — a toppled refrigerator, a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Everman Police have issued an amber alert for a missing 6-year-old boy. Authorities say Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez has been missing since yesterday from wisteria drive in Everman, Texas. The 6-year-old is Hispanic with black hair and brown eyes. Police are looking for Cindy Rodriguez-Singh in connection to the boy’s abduction. Investigators believe Rodriguez-Singh may…… MORE
Friday Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 1pm. High near 77. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.…… MORE
