DALLAS (AP) – Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas. Investigators allege that the pair used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military. Neither Kevin Pelayo nor Cristine Fredericks has been charged with a crime, but Army…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Health Department is ordering all schools, public and private, to postpone in person learning until after September 8th. Dallas health officials released an order July 16th stating Dallas County is reporting record-high numbers of COVID-19 and COVID-19 related hospitalizations. The order says school systems shall not reopen for on campus, face-to-face…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a coin shortage in the United States that the Federal Reserve says is related to the recent economic shutdown in many state’s across the country. With limited in person transactions and fewer people going out, the less cash that was circulated. Now. many stores across the country asking customers…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, an historically high level that indicates many companies are still cutting jobs as the viral outbreak intensifies. The elevated level of applications for jobless aid is occurring as new confirmed cases of coronavirus are spiking across much…… MORE
0:29 — Fort Worth voted NO to defunding the police this week, so Amy & Scott caught up with the President of the Fort Worth Police Officers Association, Manny Ramirez, to talk about what it means to the department. 8:53 — President Trump has shaken up his campaign team, and he’s also changing how COVID…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Lone Star State reported almost 10,800 new cases of COVID-19 and 110 fatalities, Wednesday. Nearly 2,200 new cases in the Metroplex were fueled by Dallas county’s 1,055 new infections and Tarrant county’s 857 additional positives. Collin and Denton counties combined to report 285 new cases of the Coronavirus. Those numbers pushed North Texas…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –Paola Castillo, 24, of North Richland Hills, is going home after being hospitalized for 79 days at Medical City North Hills with COVID-19. She arrived in the emergency department with difficulty breathing, a cough and fever on April 27. Her road to recovery is said to be far from over after discharge. Castillo was close…… MORE
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating at home. The first-term Republican governor made the announcement Wednesday. The 48-year-old Stitt has backed one of the country’s most aggressive reopening plans, has resisted any statewide mandate on masks and rarely wears one…… MORE
0:26 — Political analyst Allan Saxe joins Scott Sidway in today’s show to talk about John Cornyn’s new challenger come November, and also what it means that Joe Biden is now running campaign ads in Texas. Buckle up, it’s election season! 8:15 — Burger King has a strange new ad campaign, and it involves making…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump has reportedly told hospitals to send data on coronavirus patients to the Trump administration instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The move takes effect today (Wednesday 7/15/2020), according to a new guidance quietly posted on the Department of Health and Human Services website. Michael Caputo with HHS confirmed…… MORE
