DALLAS (AP) – The count of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas has continued to decline, even as state health official reported more than 1,600 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The Texas Department of State Health Services reports 21 new fatalities from COVID-19 Sunday along with 1,465 confirmed cases of…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The state of Texas says it will receive another 2.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine this week. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that more than 1 million first doses will be sent to vaccination sites in 200 counties, and about 900,000 first and second doses will go…… MORE
West Jordan, Utah (WBAP/KLIF) – A suspect in a Dallas murder has been arrested in West Jordan, Utah. Seattle resident Marisela Botello Valadez disappeared in October 2020. The 23 year old Valadez was visiting a friend in Dallas. One night she went to a nightclub, and hasn’t been seen alive since. On March 24 her…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fire-Rescue was called out late Saturday night to fight a roaring fire in a set of under-construction apartment buildings in Old East Dallas. The first units on the scene near Ross and Fitzhugh avenues found so much fire they immediately went to three alarms. It took more than 60 firefighters about…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two Dallas Police officers were injured early Saturday morning when a suspected drunk driver ran into their squad car. The officers were at an accident scene, blocking the left and middle lanes of northbound I-35E near Overton Road with their emergency lights on when they were rammed by a vehicle that neither…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. video game that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas says the video game that sold Friday was bought as a Christmas gift but ended up being placed in…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – A Dallas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing a nightclub dancer’s death by performing an illegal cosmetic butt injection on her in Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 49 year old Niticia Deonte Lee was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of 22 year…… MORE
Houston (AP) – Police say they are investigating Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. The NFL player is accused of sexual assault and harassment in lawsuits filed by 21 women. The Houston Police confirmed Friday a complainant had filed a report with the agency concerning Watson. The department said it would not comment further during the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texans are paying the 3rd lowest price per gallon for gasoline in the country. AAA Texas released it’s weekly report this week and indicates that the average price per gallon of regular unleaded is $2.61, which is 26-cents cheaper than the national average. For the second week in a row the statewide gas price…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A self sanitizing robot is the newest resident at the James L. West Center for Dementia Care in Fort Worth. The robot is one of six UV technologies that employ ultraviolet rays to disinfect rooms and hallways in the West Center’s constant fight against COVID-19. Together, these elements form a 360-degree high-tech approach…… MORE
