Midland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Midland flower shop owner has been indicted on several more federal charges for her role in the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6. The new charges against Jenny Cudd, all felonies, are ‘obstruction of an official proceeding; remaining in a restricted building or grounds’ disorderly conduct in a Capitol building…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job. They are being held at a family detention center in remote Dilley, Texas, but have repeatedly been on the verge of deportation. The Friday before Christmas, both were…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The number of people hospitalized due to the coronavirus has fallen below 10,000 for the first time since Dec. 19. The state health department on Saturday reported 9,957 hospitalizations in addition to 13,192 newly reported confirmed or suspected virus cases and 348 additional deaths due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the…… MORE
The new Dallas-based affordable generic drug company that bears Mark Cuban’s name this week starts construction of a manufacturing facility in Deep Ellum. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company says construction begins Wednesday to turn a building Cuban already owns in the 300 block of S. Walton St. into a drug making plant. Company…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is again reporting more than 400 new COVID-19 deaths as the state approaches 3 million administered doses of vaccine. State health officials reported Friday that the number of patients hospitalized with the virus fell to fewer than 10,300. More than 38,000 people in Texas have died from COVID-19, the third-highest…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A federal judge has granted permission for a West Texas flower shop owner charged in last month’s riot at the U.S. Capitol to take a work-related four-day trip to Mexico. The Judge said in the order granting Jenny Cudd’s request for travel later this month that neither her pre-trial services officer nor…… MORE
Mason (WBAP/KLIF) – A suspect has been taken into custody for allegedly setting a roaring fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of a 111 year old Texas courthouse. The late night fire destroyed the Mason County Courthouse in the town of Mason northwest of Austin. Judge Jerry Bearden said the flames could…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has nearly 581,000 cases of COVID-19. Dallas county’s over 1,400 newly confirmed cases raised the pandemic total to over 233,000. Tarrant county listed 1,394 new cases pushing the county close to 227,000 infected residents. Collin county’s total increased to almost 64,500 cases following 279 newly confirmed positive tests, while Denton county’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Staff at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Cliff had a smile on their faces this week after giving the COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly woman from Grand Prairie. According to Methodist Health System, 104-year-old Lois Kreger and her family spent weeks online trying to get Lois a vaccine. They were thrilled when…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – The University of Houston is gauging where Texans stand on allegations of voter fraud in the Presidential election, and the January 6 storming of the U.S. capitol building. The Hobby School of Public Affairs conducted an online survey in English and Spanish among Texans 18 and older January 12-20, with 1,329 YouGov…… MORE
