DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Coronavirus cases continue to rise in parts of North Texas as the number of statewide cases surpassed 200,000 on Monday. Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting a record 1,214 additional positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 27,054, including 401 deaths. “Today we’ve…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Medical professionals are providing guidance for Texans on the risk level of specific activities amid a growing number of coronavirus cases. The Texas Medical Association has created and released a COVID-19 risk level chart. “It’s based on what we think around how transmission of coronavirus is occurring,” said TMA Task Force Member John…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Fort Worth police are looking for a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on the Fourth of July. Miranda Hubanks was last seen Saturday at the 1600 block of Fairmount Avenue. She was wearing a red bandana in her hair, grey or light blue button-down shirt with pink and blue fish print,…… MORE
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Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth bar owner may be shut down for 30 days after hosting a 4th of July protest inside his bar. Chris Polone, owner of Rail Club Live on Joyce Drive planned the protest in reaction to what he called an “unjust shutdown,” according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The…… MORE
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Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Republican Senators James Lankford of Oklahoma and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin are proposing to replace the federal observance of Columbus Day with Juneteenth. Unlike other measures, the new proposal would keep the number of federal holidays the same by eliminating October’s Columbus Day. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the House…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Independence Day Holiday brought almost 1,300 new positive cases of Coronavirus to North Texas. Dallas county reported just over 1,100 new cases and 2 additional deaths, bringing the total case count to near 25,000 with 395 fatalities. Denton county reported 95 newly confirmed cases, pushing the county total to nearly 3,300 with…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County reported a record 1,085 new COVID 19 cases Friday. This was expected after the Dallas County Health Director said it was likely to happen during a news conference on Thursday. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins is urging people to avoid large gatherings and going to public pools over the Fourth…… MORE
SPICEWOOD, Texas (AP) – Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual. Fans can tune in to the nearly 50-year-old music bash Saturday via livestream. Other performers include Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, Steve Earle and Nelson’s fellow Texas-based singers…… MORE
0:25 — It’s Independence Day weekend, so Scott put together a game show called “Firecracker or Race horse.” Dave and our technical producer Dan Wilson battled it out for 4th of July victory! 6:04 — Every week, we vote on who the biggest idiot of the week was, and this week’s candidates included a Bass…… MORE
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state. The move announced Thursday is a dramatic ramp up of the Republican governor’s efforts to control spiking numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Abbott had pushed Texas’ aggressive reopening…… MORE
