PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A Collin County food pantry hosted a massive food and water distribution event on Monday in the aftermath of last week’s winter storm. North Texans continue to deal with the impacts of the storm and many families are left with busted pipes and little access to water. Some grocery stores remain short…… MORE
(AP) – The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. has topped 500,000, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined. The lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University, are about equal to the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and greater than that of Miami; Raleigh, North Carolina;…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – A fallen Dallas Police Officer is being remembered as a hero. The Dallas Police Department paid tribute on Monday to Officer Mitchell Penton with full honors during a funeral service at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano. The 27-year-old Officer was killed earlier this month after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Residents in west Fort Worth are no longer affected by boil water notices. Other customers might be experiencing water shutoffs because of water main breaks and repairs. All locations will have bottled water as well as water to fill containers. They include four locations that will operate hand out water from 11 a.m. to 6…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Following a rash of winter storms last week, Arlington ISD has had to close nine buildings. The nine locations in the Arlington ISD include: High Schools – Lamar, Martin and Sam Houston Elementary Schools – Dunn, Morton, Thornton, West, Wood Administrative – Annex 5 Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos feared that not all of…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – As thousands of North Texans are still struggling in the aftermath of last week’s severe winter storm and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, non-profits and food banks continue to lend a helping hand. The North Texas Food Bank announced it will be hosting it’s drive-thru mobile pantries and mobile pantries all week.…… MORE
Arkansas-AP (WBAP/KLIF) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he will not back Donald Trump if the former president runs for the White House in 2024, saying “it’s time” to move on to different voices in the Republican Party. Hutchinson told CNN’s “State of the Union” that Trump “is going to have a voice, as…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Lawsuits are mounting against ERCOT and local power companies after massive outages during last week’s record cold snap. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas and Entergy Corporation are named in $100,000,000 gross negligence suit in the death of an 11-year old Conroe boy who is believed to have died of hypothermia in…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — Hospitals across the South are dealing with water shortages in the wake of a devastating winter storm as the region carried on with recovery efforts and the weather offered a balmy respite — temperatures as high as the mid-70s. At the height of last week’s storm, hospitals scrambled to care for patients…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Data from state health officials shows that hospitalizations in Texas due to the coronavirus have dropped to their lowest level since mid-November. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 7,146 hospitalizations on Sunday. That is the lowest it has been since the 7,083 hospitalizations on Nov. 12. Hospitalizations have been…… MORE
