WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump had planned to sign the bill during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to Vice President Mike Pence. But the White House said Friday that Trump…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Beer made with Buc-ee’s famous beaver nuggets will soon be a thing from a Fort Worth brewing company. Ryan McWhorter, owner of Panther Island Brewing tells WFAA-TV that a 12-gallon test batch of the beer sold out in two hours. “We were just sitting around eating beaver nuggets and I was…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Democrats are suing Texas elections officials in an effort to stop a new ban on straight-ticket voting in 2020. The lawsuit filed Thursday comes after long lines this week snaked out of polling centers in Houston on Super Tuesday. Some voters waited more than an hour, and Democrats are claims that…… MORE
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
