(WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Public Health officials on Tuesday, Dec. 28, raised the county’s COVID-19 threat level to RED — which indicates high risk of transmission. County health officials initially decided to keep the threat level at orange last Tuesday, but have since decided to raise the level with the Omicron variant continuing to rapidly…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL says Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden has died at age 85. Madden’s exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades. The league says he died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning and did not provide a cause. Coaching the renegade…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Police are again searching for a suspect in a convenience store shooting that left three teenagers dead. Police said Tuesday that the 14-year-old who was arrested and initially thought to be the shooter has been released. “Detectives learned that the 14-year-old male who was taken into custody [Monday] has intimate knowledge…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Public Health is expanding COVID-19 testing as demand increases during the holidays. According to TCPH, Ben Thanh Plaza, Northeast Annex, and Resource Connection are some of the sites that have extended dates and times of availability. In addition to these sites, TCPH has five traditional brick and mortar public health locations…… MORE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation is celebrating the signing into law of legislation authorizing the creation of a monument in Washington, D.C., to recognize the Medal of Honor. President Biden signed the bill this week, following its bipartisan, unanimous approval by both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. This Congress, the…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine. People with the virus can leave isolation after five days, down from 10 days. People exposed to the virus can also leave quarantine after five days.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Fort Worth is working to ensure that access to COVID-19 testing remains available as the Omicron variant continues to spread. In addition to the current testing site at the TEXRail North Side Station, new testing sites will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the FWISD Scarborough-Handley Fieldhouse…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF) – The Garland Police Department said late Monday that a 14-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of three teenagers inside a local convenience store had been arrested. The shooting happened Sunday night at the Texaco on Walnut Street, near Downtown Garland. According to Garland PD, surveillance video showed a suspect getting out of…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Federal investigators said Thursday that they are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspect caught on surveillance video stealing dozens of guns from a Denton pawn shop. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Denton Police Department, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, announced a reward of up to…… MORE
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jurors have convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury deliberated for about four days before finding Kim Potter guilty of both counts on Thursday. Potter, who is white, was a Brooklyn Center police officer when…… MORE
