TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office is mourning one of their own. 50-year-old Lieutenant Craig King died of COVID-19 Saturday after battling the virus for almost a month, officials said in a Sunday news release. King, who was assigned to the Confinement Division, started working for the office in 2003 and…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In an effort to help displaced workers in the Texas, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently doled out over $18-million to 49 colleges and universities across the state, for the “Texas ‘Re-skilling Support Grant Program.” It was the first phase of funding targeted for those who may need to “re-skill”…… MORE
Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Postal Service has acknowledged that it’s having problems with the unprecedented amount of packages being mailed during the holiday season. In Pennsylvania large mail truck are sitting full of packages in parking lots, because there is no room in the postal facilities. The U.S. Postal Service said it is doing…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Federal officials have announced an effort to reduce violent crime in Austin, one of many U.S. cities that have seen an increase in murders and other violent crime during the pandemic. U.S. Attorney Gregg Sofer announced Friday the creation of an operation that will focus on reducing crime through ballistics evidence,…… MORE
Parker County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A Fort Worth man convicted in the quadruple intoxication manslaughter deaths of 4 Brock High School students in 1998 was released from prison last month, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 62-year old Ricky Carter had been sentenced to four 20-year sentences; he was released on November 7th after serving…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tony Pollard and the Dallas Cowboys gave Ezekiel Elliott a reason to come back next week after the two-time rushing champion missed a game because of injury for the first time in his career. Pollard ran for two touchdowns with Elliott sidelined by a calf issue he’s been battling for weeks,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas County Reported More than eleven hundred new positive coronavirus cases on Sunday, with 30 additional deaths. So far, more than 1400 Dallas County residents have died as a result of the virus. The county also reported 788 confirmed cases and 355 probable cases. Over the past 30 days, 780 K-12…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Top negotiators in Congress have sealed a deal on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package. Lawmakers announced the agreement Sunday after days of negotiations. The agreement would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans, along with a fresh round of…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – (WBAP/KLIF) – A flurry of activity is underway at European borders now, as a new and much more highly transmissible strain of Covid 19 is ravaging Southern England, London proper, and sickening thousands more in South Africa. To that end, France joins other nations including Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands, in prohibiting…… MORE
Houston (AP) – Texas has surpassed 25,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the second highest total in the country. State health officials reported 272 new deaths on Saturday linked to COVID-19. That brings Texas’ death toll to 25,226 overall. Cases of COVID-19 and virus-related hospitalizations continue to rise in the state. On Saturday, the state…… MORE
