(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex erupted with over a thousand new cases of the Coronavirus in a single day. Tarrant county led the charge, Wednesday, with 460 positive tests reported. Dallas county had 391 newly infected residents, Denton 115, and Collin recorded 90 new COVID-19 cases. The total number of infections in the D-F-W area is…… MORE
GLENN HEIGHTS (WBAP/KLIF) – Residents in a Dallas suburb are outraged after city leaders say a local business owner used a racial slur during an argument with a customer on Wednesday. Demonstrators quickly surrounded the store amid national outcry over racism in the United States. According to Leonardo Allen, he was getting an oil change at Discount…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — The Texas Restaurant Association will start offering a COVID-19 health & safety training certification and restaurant verification program. This new program will train, evaluate, and certify restaurants on the additional protocols that must be followed per Governor Abbott’s minimum standard health protocols. It is also suppose to establish trust between restaurants and their…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – Officials say New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, beginning Thursday. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that “we also have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on a plane again.” Cuomo announced what was called…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — As COVID-19 testing broadens to include those without symptoms, Texas cases are on the rise. The governor is concerned in the rise of statewide cases, especially in those 25 to 44 years of age. Texas has over 120,000 cases with almost 32,000 of those in the Metroplex. Dallas county reported 445 new cases…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The oldest public monument in Dallas is being dismantled this week at the city’s Pioneer Park. The Confederate monument went up in 1896. It features a 60 foot-tall column with a Confederate figure on top and four figures on the ground surrounding it. Those figures were removed and prepared for storage on…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government’s top infectious disease expert has told a House committee he believes “it will be when and not if” there will be a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Anthony Fauci also says he remains “cautiously optimistic” that some will be ready at the end of the year. He has returned to Capitol Hill…… MORE
The Woodlands (WBAP/KLIF) – Legendary UTA softball player Cat Osterman’s may have ended her summer tour just as it was getting started. Osterman reacted to a tweet by her pro team, ‘The Scrap Yard Dawgs,’ saying that she will not represent them because of it. The since deleted tweet @scrapyardfp, showed Osterman and other players…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House last night before being dispersed by police. WUSA-TV in Washington reported police used pepper spray to move protesters out of Lafayette Square, where the Jackson statue is located. Videos posted on social media showed that the protesters…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)-Governor Greg Abbott provided an update on Texas’ continued response to COVID-19. The Governor discussed several steps the state is taking to mitigate the spread of the virus in recent weeks, including increasing enforcement of health and safety regulations, rapidly increasing testing in hot spots, and working with hospitals throughout the state to ensure they…… MORE
