AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is temporarily halting any additional openings across the state following an increase in COVID-19 cases. In a statement Abbott says businesses that are permitted to open under the previous phases can continue to operate at the designated occupancy levels. “As we experience an increase in both positive COVID-19…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — One North Texas family is living a COVID-19 nightmare after a birthday party. What started out as a joyous celebration of a 30th birthday in may has turned into one family member hanging on for life. 25 members of the Barbosa family gathered for a birthday party when a nephew infected with Coronavirus…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court has ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbiua said in a 2-1 ruling that the Justice Department’s decision to abandon the case against Flynn settles the matter,…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A Plano Police officer is hospitalized following a stabbing and shooting. According to the department’s David Tilley the officer was responding to a traffic crash when one of the people involved in the crash stabbed the officer in the shoulder or arm and then went to stab the person in the other…… MORE
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Coronavirus cases are climbing rapidly among young adults in a number of states where bars, stores and restaurants have reopened — a disturbing generational shift that not only puts them in greater peril than many realize but poses an even bigger danger to older people who cross their paths. In…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — As the Texas economy forges ahead with re-opening, business owners are following state and federal guidelines to generate income. Many are also doing what they can to protect customers from the Coronavirus. However, when it comes to liability, attorneys point to a large gray area. According to labor attorney Rogge Dunn, someone who…… MORE
(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
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors say the man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more at a Walmart in Texas is expected to be reindicted Thursday as he faces another murder charge in the mass shooting that targeted Mexicans. Patrick Crusius is currently being held without bond on one count of…… 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
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Allied Pilots Association, representing the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, introduced a concept labeled “Safe Essential Air Transportation Seating” this week. The plan is designed to enable a gradual return to pre-pandemic passenger travel while maintaining critical transportation infrastructure employment. “Under SEATS, the government would purchase enough seats on each…… MORE
