Tyler (AP) – A federal judge has issued a ruling that keeps in place Texas’ Medicaid agreement. The decision Friday blocks an effort by the Biden administration to rescind the deal. Texas is one of only 12 states that have resisted expanding Medicaid coverage under a key provision of former President Barack Obama’s health care…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- After over four decades, the man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering 17-year-old Carla Walker of Fort Worth goes to trial in Tarrant County. The 1974 cold case was opened back up after new technology linked 78-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley’s DNA to crime scene evidence. police say walker was in the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth ISD, in partnership with Perrone Pharmacy, is hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics at 14 high schools Aug. 23-Sept. 22. Pfizer vaccines will be administered at no cost from 3:30-8:30 p.m. on designated days at each individual campus. The vaccination clinics are open to all FWISD students 12 years old and…… MORE
AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management plan to deploy additional medical personnel and launch more COVID-19 antibody infusion centers across the state over the next week, according to Governor Greg Abbott. “Front-line health care workers across our state are working tirelessly to keep Texans healthy and safe,” said Governor Abbott. “The substantial increase of infusion…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday that he filed a complaint asking for a temporary restraining order against San Antonio ISD after it refused to follow Executive Order GA-38. GA-38 prohibits governmental entities and officials from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. According to Paxton, the order has the force and effect of state…… MORE
RIVER OAKS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The River Oaks community is rallying the family of a six-year-old girl who was murdered this week. Investigators said little Isabella Courtney was found severely injured at a home near Sansom Park, about 5 miles northwest of downtown Fort Worth, on Wednesday. She later died at a nearby hospital. River…… MORE
DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements and the nation’s hospitals once again fill to capacity. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – While COVID-19 vaccinations have increased in recent weeks, the Delta variant continues to spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated in Texas. The viral load of the Delta variant is 1000x greater than the original COVID-19 virus, attributing to its rapid spread. According to an analysis of state data by the Texas Tribune,…… MORE
The Texas Supreme Court has declined to block restraining orders against Gov. Greg Abbott’s mask mandate ban. The justices remanded Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal to the 3rd Texas Court of Appeal in Austin for a hearing. The court did not issue an opinion for its Thursday decision. The move comes the same day as…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP)- Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a 38-day holdout. Enough Democrats returned to the state Capitol to allow the Texas House to resume work for the first time since mid-July. That’s when more than 50 Democrats flew to Washington, D.C., in what amounted to a second…… MORE
