(WBAP/KLIF) — The Lone Star State reported almost 10,800 new cases of COVID-19 and 110 fatalities, Wednesday. Nearly 2,200 new cases in the Metroplex were fueled by Dallas county’s 1,055 new infections and Tarrant county’s 857 additional positives. Collin and Denton counties combined to report 285 new cases of the Coronavirus. Those numbers pushed North Texas…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Attorney’s representing the family of a 17-month-old Fort Worth baby are requesting a new doctor to be allowed to treat her. Tinslee Lewis has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center for 10 months and has been hospitalized since birth with severe lung and heart problems. Tinslee has been in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- During Tuesday’s Primary Runoff Election, Fort Worth Voters approved to renew a long standing sales tax that helps fund the Fort Worth Police Department. This half a cent sales tax will help fund a Crime Control and Prevention District Grant, which funds at least 24% of the department’s budget. This tax will…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that his Public Safety Office will provide $41 million in federal funds to assist cities and counties throughout the COVID-19 response. These funds come from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program authorized by the federal Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations Act. The first…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –Paola Castillo, 24, of North Richland Hills, is going home after being hospitalized for 79 days at Medical City North Hills with COVID-19. She arrived in the emergency department with difficulty breathing, a cough and fever on April 27. Her road to recovery is said to be far from over after discharge. Castillo was close…… MORE
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating at home. The first-term Republican governor made the announcement Wednesday. The 48-year-old Stitt has backed one of the country’s most aggressive reopening plans, has resisted any statewide mandate on masks and rarely wears one…… MORE
ADDISON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Fans of the popular Oktoberfest in Addison will have to wait until next year to take part in the German-themed festival. The town of Addison announced Tuesday it’s canceled the multi-day event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oktoberfest, which was scheduled from September 17th-20th, attracts massive crowds for its food, live…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump has reportedly told hospitals to send data on coronavirus patients to the Trump administration instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The move takes effect today (Wednesday 7/15/2020), according to a new guidance quietly posted on the Department of Health and Human Services website. Michael Caputo with HHS confirmed…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission addresses questions about over-payments of unemployment benefits. In a Facebook post TWC spokesman Cisco Gamez addressed a Houston Chronicle report which brought to light a 1978 judicial ruling stating that over-payments caused by TWC error do not have to be repaid. Gamez had said in a previous…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Double shifts pulled by volunteers for Candace Valenzeula’s campaign paid off as the former school board member won the Democratic nomination for the 24th Congressional District Seat. The former Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board member will now face Republican candidate Beth Van Duyne in the November election. Valenzuela defeated former Air Force Colonel Kim…… MORE
