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
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Friday that the county is experiencing a “sharp uptick” in the number of children contracting COVID-19. The warning comes after Dallas County reported the COVID-19 related death 5 year-old boy who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Fair of Texas on Friday announced additional events to the revised 2020 livestock show schedule, including virtual contests and livestock breeding show competitions through an unprecedented partnership with the Heart O’ Texas Livestock Show. In addition to the market week shows in Fair Park during September 23 through October 2, announced…… MORE
FORT WORTH – A tropical storm warning has been issued for the South Texas Gulf Coast, with expectations a storm storm system, now upgraded to a tropical storm, will dump up to 12 inches of rainfall in some areas of South Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville this weekend. Tropical Storm Hannah is expected to…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- A new program launched by My Health My Resources (MHMR) of Tarrant County is helping to address the needs of all Tarrant and Denton County residents experiencing stress, anxiety and depression from COVID-19, whether it’s due to the illness itself or due to economic distress. Texans Recovering Together is a crisis counseling program…… MORE
OTISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – President Donald Trump’s former lawyer has been released from prison after a federal judge ruled that a move to revoke his home confinement was retaliatory. Michael Cohen was released from a prison in Otisville, New York on Friday after U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ordered him freed on Thursday. Cohen had…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — ICE officials are being criticized for housing undocumented immigrant youth in two and a half star hotels. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs, when agents take an illegal immigrant youth into custody, they hire an independent contractor to put them up in a $100 a night hotel for safety. A court-appointed monitor for immigrant…… MORE
