AUSTIN, TX (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals are stretched thin. The order by the state’s highest court — which is entirely comprised of elected Republican justices — halts mask requirements…… MORE
El Paso (AP)- A storm system that stalled for days over West Texas led to what a National Weather Service meteorologist calls an “unprecedented” amount of rain in the El Paso area that left a woman dead. Meteorologist Jason Grzywacz said Saturday that 6 inches of rain fell on El Paso in the past two…… MORE
UPDATE: Death toll now placed at 724 people via Haiti’s Civil Defense officials. Tropical Storm Grace is moving toward Haiti and expected to dump heavy rainfall late Monday or early Tuesday, hampering rescue efforts. ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – The death count fast climbed to at least 304 people known killed, hundreds more injured, as…… MORE
UPDATED 8/14/21 @ 2:59P.M. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haiti’s civil protection agency says at least 227 killed, hundreds injured and missing, in earthquake. (Copyright 2021, The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) ======== PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, killing…… MORE
Nashville (AP) – Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her management company says Griffith died Friday. Gold Mountain Entertainment did not provide a cause of death. Griffith, who often wove into her songs social commentary…… MORE
Galveston (AP) – A Carnival cruise ship on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is now headed back to Galveston. The Belize Tourism Board said in a statement the positive cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger on the Carnival…… MORE
GARLAND (WBAP/KLIF)- Kraft Heinz-Garland announces new initiatives and is expanding their facility, adding new programs, offering higher wages, and new renovations to the building. Kraft-Heinz is pivoting to create a multi-function manufacturing campus amd extend employment oppurtunities to attract both blue-collar and white-collar talent. “As we continue our improvements to the facility, we hope to make…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The Arlington Independent School District is concerned for the health of their students, staff, and visitors on campus. Kecia Mays, President of Arlington I-S-D’s Board of Trustees, says “one of the tools we have – the mask – has been taken away as an option to mandate.” Mays says the legal action…… MORE
UPDATE SATURDAY AUGUST 14, 2021: The White House announces President Biden authorizes an additional one thousand U S Troops for deployment to Afghanistan, as Taliban fighters continue to gain control of the majority of Afghan territory. The American troops will ensure what Biden calls an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel. U…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency is keeping quiet in the debate over masks between state and local leaders. In light of the current legal battle over whether or not local governments and school districts can require masks, the TEA said on Thursday that it’s holding off on issuing any more public health guidance…… MORE
