DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force met with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and local health officials Sunday in Dallas as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to experience steep increases. The COVID-19 positivity rate in Texas was just over 4% at the end…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Another record breaking day with Dallas County reporting 561 new COVID 19 cases and seven deaths. “It is imperative that we all wear our masks outside of our homes and around other people,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted Saturday afternoon. “It’s up to all of us to flatten the curve and…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association reacted Friday to Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to scale back the state’s phased reopening which impacts both bars and restaurants. The order includes the following: All bars and similar establishments that receive more than 51% of their gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages are required to close…… MORE
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that the federal government has granted his request to extend operations of Community Based Testing Sites across Texas. The funding was set to expire at the end of this month. The federal government will maintain support for the program while surging resources to Dallas and Houston in order to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Governor Greg Abbott has issued an executive order that requires bars to shut down, restaurants to limit capacity to 50 percent, and certain outdoor activities to be prohibited or require government approval. The order issued Friday morning states all bars that make more than 51% of their gross receipts on alcohol…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex saw another day of over a thousand new cases of COVID-19. The new hot spot for the Coronavirus seems to be Tarrant county, where 517 new positive tests were confirmed, Thursday. that brought the state’s third largest county to over 10,300 cases. Dallas county reported another 403 infected residents for over…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – On Tuesday, June 23, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a suspect in connection with the vandalism and damage caused to the Texas State Capitol during a protest on Saturday, May 30. According to DPS, a number of protestors intentionally damaged the Texas State Capitol building, monuments and fixtures, as…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County Commissioners passed a new ordinance that requires everyone to wear a mask in Tarrant County establishments. This will go into affect on June 26th at 6 PM and will through August 3rd at 6 AM. Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley said if things get better they can pull the restrictions,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is temporarily halting any additional openings across the state following an increase in COVID-19 cases. In a statement Abbott says businesses that are permitted to open under the previous phases can continue to operate at the designated occupancy levels. “As we experience an increase in both positive COVID-19…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A Plano Police officer is hospitalized following a stabbing and shooting. According to the department’s David Tilley the officer was responding to a traffic crash when one of the people involved in the crash stabbed the officer in the shoulder or arm and then went to stab the person in the other…… MORE
