PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) – A 24-year-old man has drawn a 30-day jail term for posting on social media a video of himself removing an ice cream container from a Texas market freezer, licking the contents and returning the container to the freezer. D’Adrien Anderson also was sentenced Wednesday to an additional six-month jail term…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials confirmed the first three cases of coronavirus in the nation’s third-largest county Thursday, saying the three were on a trip to Egypt with multiple people, including a fourth man from a nearby suburb who a day earlier became the first Texan to have a positive test result outside of persons…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Darius Tarver was on the deans list at the university of North Texas set to graduate in May. However, a tragic night in January found the 23 year old shot dead by police. Denton Police Chief Frank Dixon says officers tried to end the incident peacefully. The student had attacked police with a meat…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas County is launching the “Dallas County Counts 2020” campaign to encourage residents to fill out the U.S. Census and to inform them of key U.S. Census dates, procedures and general information to ensure an accurate count of all residents, especially those in communities that are traditionally hard to count. An undercount puts…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Canadian-based electric car company is looking at opening an assembly site and engineering technical center in Fort Worth. ElectraMeccanica has narrowed down it’s search and Fort Worth is one of six cities on that list of prospects. “Starting out we are looking to employ around 200 people,” said CEO Paul Rivera. “It going to be…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston officials say they’ve confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus in the nation’s third-largest county. The announcement Thursday came one day after a man in the nearby suburb of Fort Bend County became the first Texan with a positive test result outside of those repatriated from abroad. Harris County Public…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Just weeks after canceling flights to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing, American Airlines has now canceled all flights from DFW to Seoul, South Korea due to the rapid spread of the Coronavirus. Airline consultant Denny Kelly thinks this was the right thing to do. “It’s the smartest thing to do. They have…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The rapidly spreading Coronavirus has forced multiple major crowd events across the country to cancel. The latest one to fall victim is the Texas Instruments International Conference at the Dallas Convention Center, which draws a crowd of thousands from different countries. Texas Instruments released the following statement. “In light of the growing…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Events all across the country are being canceled due to the Coronavirus. The Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas has multiple events in upcoming weeks that are fearing cancellation. The Dallas Auto Show is one of these events. President of the show Brent Franks says they are taking extra steps in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has declared Friday, March 6 “Meals on Wheels Day” to kickoff the 18th annual March for Meals campaign. The designation celebrates VNA Texas, an organization that provides meals to the hungry all throughout Dallas County. Nearly 4500 home-bound or disabled seniors currently receive home delivered meals each weekday…… MORE
