(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the state’s top health official are urging vaccine providers not to hold doses in reserve in order to facilitate a rapid distribution. Texas is seeing record-breaking virus hospitalizations and newly confirmed cases. State health commissioner Dr. Fohn Hellerstedt said, Tuesday, that providers need to move quickly to vaccinate…… MORE
WEATHERFORD (WBAP/KLIF)- Parker County Sheriff’s Office says there is a case of Rabies going around. Over the past week, two people were bitten by the now euthanized cat in the Whitt area, according to deputies. the adult feral male yellow tabby cat tested positive for rabies and there is concern that the virus has spread to…… MORE
MESQUITE (WBAP/KLIF)-The City of Mesquite is initiating a plan to stop New Years Eve illegal gunfire, fireworks and DWIs. “We will make arrests, we will issue citations and we will be visible on New Year’s Eve.” That is the City of Mesquite’s message to those who illegally shoot guns into the air, possess or use…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The TCU football team will not participate in its scheduled bowl game this week, according the University’s athletic department. “Over the last 24 hours, between a combination of COVID-19 related issues, injuries, and other circumstances, we have fallen below the established BIG 12 Conference threshold for student-athlete availability that we have…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations as 2020 comes to an end. “Our hospital numbers are at all-time highs and our availability of ICU beds in the region is at an all-time low,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said on Tuesday. According to Jenkins, one in four persons currently…… MORE
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is “falling far behind.” Biden says “it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people” at the current pace. He is vowing to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations five to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A State Representative from North Texas is behind a bill that promotes the commonly used phrase, “see something, say something.” Plano Representative Matt Shaheen announced this week that he has filed legislation to protect Texans reporting suspicious activity in good faith from being sued in civil courts. “In cases like the San…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Gallup is out with a new ‘Most Admired’ poll, which has President Trump edging out Former President Barack Obama for the first time in 12 years as most admired man in America. Eighteen percent of the 1,018 respondents gave the title to Trump, while Obama was most admired by 15%. President-elect Joe…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Vice President Mike Pence has been sued by a Texas congressman. Republican representative Louie Gohmert of Texas sued the vice-president, Sunday, in a bid to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Gohmert’s lawsuit hones in on Pence’s presiding roll in the upcoming January 6th meeting to finalize the electoral votes, thus sealing Biden’s…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A tragic accident has taken the lives of a mother and her two children. The accident occurred at around 12:30 pm Monday afternoon in the city of Springtown. 25 year old Brittany Counts of Springtown, 7 year old Wyatt Mask and 4 year old Preslee Mask died when their Ford Edge collided with…… MORE
