(WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- COVID-19 cases number continues to increase throughout north Texas. Tarrant County health officials reported a new single-day record for all of north Texas with 444 new cases. This brings the county’s total to 8,955 cases with 208 deaths and 4,160 recoveries. Denton county reports 50 new confirmed cases of the virus bringing the county…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Dak Prescott and the Cowboys are again working towards a long term deal. After months of uncertainty, sources confirm Dallas Cowboys star quarterback Dak Prescott plans on signing a franchise tender with the organization worth 31.4 million dollars on Monday. This tag will ensure that Prescott will stay with the team through…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Texas hospitalizations of Covid 19 victims hit a record high again this weekend, as Dallas County added 395 new diagnosed cases of the new coronavirus. 454 people are hospitalized now in Dallas County, in regular or intensive care unit beds – that’s an increase of 30 hopsitalized victims from Friday to…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas health officials report a record of more than 4,400 new coronavirus cases in the state, and 25 additional deaths due to COVID-19. A total of 107,735 confirmed cases, an increase of 4,430, and 2,165 deaths were reported during the weekend. Officials had reported 3,454 new cases on Friday after a previous…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – It is uncertain whether there will be a State Fair of Texas this year, or not. A statement from the fair says no decision has yet been made about holding it during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizers say they’ll have a decision sometime in mid or late July, but they admit finding…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – North Texas appears to stay on track for a growing second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic virus, with new case numbers Saturday showing at least a doubling from only two weeks prior. Dallas County Saturday reported 395 new cases of Covid 19, and two additional deaths. Tarrant County reports 180…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin would cut 100 police officer vacancies and postpone the graduation of its July cadets as part of a broader effort to overhaul its police department. City Manager Spencer Cronk on Thursday sent a memo to the City Council in which he proposed several changes to how the police department should…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members setting up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus. The campaign’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, says that “quarantine procedures” have been initiated and no staff members who tested positive will attend the event. He says no one who…… MORE
$68 million tax breaks may go to put Tesla plant to Austin AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An Austin-area school district is considering offering more than $60 million in tax incentives to attract a proposed Tesla “gigafactory” to Central Texas. Tesla revealed the Del Valle Independent School District proposal in an application filed Thursday with the…… MORE
Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’ll renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children. Trump on Friday denounced a Supreme Court ruling that the administration improperly ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017. Through executive action, Trump…… MORE
