DALLAS – Deep South Texas is being surveyed for damage assessments today, as Hurricane Hanna is downgraded to Tropical Storm status, with current sustained winds pegged at 50 mph from it’s 90 mph winds as it made landfall near the border with Mexico Saturday night. Officials describe very bad flooding from the storm around McAllen,…… MORE
San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – A fire department spokesperson in San Antonio says one person was killed and two others were injured Saturday when a small plane crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff. Federal Aviation Fire spokesperson Tony Molinaro said in a news release that a single engine Piper PA-28 crashed and burned shortly…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The number of reported coronavirus cases in Texas has surpassed 375,000, and state health officials report 168 more deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the illness. State health officials on Saturday reported 8,112 more confirmed cases of the the virus to bring the total reported to 375,846, and the death…… MORE
Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF) – South Texas is dealing with floods caused by the weekend onslaught of what is now Tropical Storm Hannah. Hannah roared ashore from the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic cyclone season made landfall twice Saturday afternoon within…… MORE
DALLAS – Tarrant County reached a gruesome new milestone Saturday July 25th, in announcing its highest number of deaths yet blamed on the coronavirus at 15, with 584 new cases of Covid 19 reported. Dallas County is back to higher numbers again in the pandemic, with 1,267 new cases and 18 deaths reported Saturday. Denton County…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – A Texas appeals court has ruled that a hospital must keep a 17-month-old girl on life support pending a trial addressing the merits of the law doctors invoked to withdraw life-sustaining treatment. The ruling came in Friday after the case has been making its way through the courts for months. On Nov.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – (Copyright2020WBAP/KLIF News. All Rights Reserved.) The City of Dallas received ventilator and bed capacity reports from 25 hospitals on Friday. The numbers from Mayor Eric Johnson’s office indicate 69% of ‘total beds’ are occupied; 4,916 out of 5,975. And 70% of I-C-U beds; 673 out of 955. There are a total…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Chinese consular officials left the Chinese consulate in Houston Friday. The Trump administration had ordered the facility to shut down, alleging that it was a nest of spies. Vans bearing diplomatic plates left the consulate Friday afternoon. Federal agents then checked the locked doors of the consulate, and a locksmith was seen…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- After months of no sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, major league baseball made its return to North Texas Friday night. The Texas Rangers took on the Colorado Rockies for the first home opener played at the new Globe Life Field, which was partially filled with cardboard cut outs of fans and…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth is getting it’s own professional sports team. The National Lacrosse League announced that their 14th franchise has been awarded to Fort Worth. Bill Cameron will be the majority owner while Greg Bibb will serve as Managing Partner of the yet to be named team. Cameron is CEO and Chairman…… MORE
