TYLER (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas lawmaker Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Politico reports his status was confirmed during a COVID-19 pre-screen at the White House Wednedsay. Gohmert, who was refused to wear a mask, was one of several Texas officials that were scheduled to accompany President Trump during his trip to West…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – It was a dinner of gratitude hosted by the Northwest Tarrant Lions Club for Fort Worth law enforcement who were assigned to work recent protests in the city. Fort Worth police officer and constables were alerted to the gesture of gratitude by way of vouchers for two to Angelo’s Barbeque. The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s visit to a U.S. fracking hub on the West Texas plains comes during the state’s fierce coronavirus outbreak and a global oil and gas glut that is putting the squeeze on his loyal donors in the petroleum industry. Trump is combining some fundraising Wednesday with his first trip to an oil…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Eastman Kodak has launched a pharmaceutical arm with the announcement Tuesday of a federal loan of $765 million to help reduce the country’s reliance on other countries for ingredients used in generic drugs. The agreement was announced by President Donald Trump and hailed as a breakthrough in bringing more pharmaceutical manufacturing to…… MORE
(CNN) Tempers flared during the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers game Tuesday night, the first time the teams have met since the Astros were handed a punishment by the league in January. While the game in Houston started out on a good foot, tensions began to run high at the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs. A pitch from…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Dallas County grand jury elected not to indict the Dallas Police Association President. Mike Mata was cleared, Tuesday, of allegations of evidence tampering in the Amber Guyger murder case. Guyger, an off duty Dallas Police officer, shot and killed Botham Jean inside his apartment. After the shooting Mata was accused of wrong-doing by…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 1,700 of the Lone Star State’s over 8,300 new cases of Coronavirus were found in the Metroplex. Dallas county reported 789 new cases of COVID-19, Tuesday, Tarrant county 576, while Collin and Denton counties combined for 285 additional positive tests. The mortality rate in the Metroplex is 1.3%, with Denton county boasting…… MORE
DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Unsolicited seeds from China are being sent to Americans across the nation and it’s happening here in North Texas. Janet Laminack is the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Horticulture Agent for Denton County. She said Denton County residents have received the seeds in packaging falsely labeled as jewelry. “Some of them look like…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services announced this week that it has improved the reporting of fatalities due to COVID-19 by identifying them through the cause of death listed on death certificates. According to DSHS, the method allows fatalities to be counted faster with more comprehensive demographic data. Officials said using…… MORE
DALLAS/TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As COVID-19 continues to rapidly spread throughout North Texas, UT Southwestern Medical Center has started a study to figure exactly why it is doing so. The study will enroll 45,000 residents from both Dallas and Tarrant county across all diversities, while also selecting 14,000 citizens with essential higher-risk occupations. To do…… MORE
