AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — About 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines were lost to disruptions caused by last week’s cold wave, which a top state health official said Tuesday was a relatively small number of doses. Meanwhile, 4.5 million doses of the vaccine against the illness caused by the new coronavirus have been given so far, said Imelda…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – A federal judge has indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton late Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction sought by Texas, which argued the moratorium violated federal law and risked imposing additional costs on the state. Biden proposed the 100-day pause…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott says a special election will be held May 1st to fill the 6th Congressional district seat of Late Congressman Ron Wright. Congressman Wright died earlier this month after battling cancer and COVID-19. Abbott says candidates who want to have their names on the special ballot must file their applications…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Many people are still getting a sense of the wreckage left by the icy blast that hit Texas and much of the Deep South last week, knocking out power to millions and contributing to nearly 80 deaths. Soaked drywall is being pulled back to give a fuller view of the destruction, and…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- State and federal recovery officials urge disaster survivors to watch for and report any suspicious activity or potential fraud. Disasters often bring communities together but con artists, identity thieves and other criminals may target survivors. The most common types of post-disaster fraud include phony housing inspectors, fraudulent building contractors, bogus pleas for disaster…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Five members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors have resigned. The Public Utility Commission of Texas released a filing showing that four unaffiliated directors from the Board of Directors resigned. The filing also showed one candidate to be on the board has withdrawn from consideration. Anger from Governor…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (WBAP/KLIF) – Golfing great Tiger Woods has been hospitalized after a major car crash in California. Images coming in show an SUV on its side badly damaged. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office originally said Woods had to be removed from the vehicle with the jaws of life and was pinned inside the vehicle…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF) – President Joe Biden will visit Texas later this week in the aftermath of last week’s winter storm. According to the White House, the President and the First Lady will travel to Houston on Friday. The Biden Administration granted a major disaster declaration for the state in the wake of widespread power…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday that it has reduced the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Dallas and Tarrant County due to the arrival of Federal vaccination sites in the region. “When you include the doses going to the FEMA sites, Dallas County providers are receiving 45,690 first…… MORE
DESOTO (WBAP/KLIF News) – DeSoto Police are investigating a deadly house fire that claimed the lives of two children. In a tweet Tuesday, investigators said the fire happened in the 100 block of Wildwood Court near Beltline and South Polk Street. DeSoto Fire Rescue Chief Jerry Duffield said the children, ages 1 and 2, were…… MORE
