DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Front line healthcare workers in North Texas began receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. Methodist Health System its first shipment of more than 5,800 doses of the vaccine Monday morning at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center. “We are excited to be among the first in the state of Texas and nation…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Methodist Medical Center-Dallas was the first DFW-area hospital to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Texas is expected to get more than 220,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for distribution this week. Twenty-three locations will received doses on today and Tuesday, with the remaining 86 medical centers getting them later in the week.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Angered by the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the Texas case challenging election results in four states, Texas GOP Chairman Allen West on Friday suggested Texas should secede from the Union. The SCOTUS decision marked one of over 50 court denials related to Trump campaign cases alleging voter fraud. In a written…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Coronavirus cases keep piling up in North Texas as county health departments combined, Saturday, to report 4,903 new cases. Dallas county showed more than 2,100 additional positive tests, Tarrant county almost 1,300, Collin county nearly 1,100, and Denton listed 423 new COVID-19 cases. 19 North Texans succumbed to the illness, Saturday, including country…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Country music legend Charley Pride died on Saturday, December 12, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. The three-time Grammy winner charted more than thirty #1 hits. He last performed the song “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” on November 11th at the CMA Awards in Nashville. Pride was born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March…… MORE
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court. The court’s order Friday was its second this week rebuffing Republican requests that…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The State of Texas is rolling out its plans to administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents. Governor Greg Abbott said Friday Texas is participating the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The announcement comes hours after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it’s working to rapidly finalize and issue an emergency use…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – For the past week, thousands of people have been attending the ‘Cowboy Christmas’ event at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Hundreds of vendors are selling all sorts of Western gear related to the National Finals Rodeo happening in Arlington through Saturday. But as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports, there has been…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex reported another 4,019 cases of COVID-19, Thursday, pushing the pandemic total to more than 314,000 since March. Dallas county had nearly 2,100 positive tests. Tarrant county listed over 1,200, while Denton county showed 716 Coronavirus cases. Dallas county announced 30 fatalities to push the death toll to just under 1,300. Tarrant…… MORE
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers. The group, in a 17-4 vote with one…… MORE
