(WBAP/KLIF) — Over 8,600 Texans were hospitalized with COVID-19, Sunday, while health officials report more than 6,000 additional Coronavirus cases and 48 deaths. However, the hospital bed situation in Texas has improved. Hospital bed capacity in Dallas county dropped to its lowest level since mid September, at 68%. That’s down from 75% on November 6th.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A man who refused to drop a knife as he approached officers in West Texas is dead. San Angelo police shot the man as a last resort. 38 year-old Adam Lee Mendez got into an altercation with police and refused to drop a knife. Officers used less lethal devices to stop the man, but…… MORE
11(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS— The Dallas County Health Department reports the weekly infection rate in Dallas County is now its highest since the Coronavirus pandemic began with nearly 1,400 new cases per day. For the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, 1,100 new COVID-19 cases per day we reported comprising Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Dallas County judge Clay Jenkins says…… MORE
Beaumont (WBAP/KLIF) – DPS troopers chased a car Saturday at high speed along I-10 in Beaumont during which it was involved in at least two wrecks. It finally wound up, disabled, in a downtown parking lot. Troopers swarmed it, and pulled out the driver. Then they found the body of a Houston woman stuffed into…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – Texas health officials report more than 3,900 new cases of COVID-19, as the disease caused by the novel coronavirus continues to put pressure on hospital systems around the state. State health authorities reported more than 8,500 Texans hospitalized with COVID-19 Saturday, roughly in line with the Friday count. The Texas Department of…… MORE
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) – A Texas Panhandle mayor who’s battling cancer and whose city is dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases has announced she and her husband have tested positive for COVID-19. Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson said Wednesday her husband tested positive last week. Nelson got an initial negative test but after her symptoms…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The National Weather Service says a survey team has found that damage in the Texas city of Arlington was caused by a tornado that struck Tuesday night. Officials say the severe weather caused seven structures to collapse and displaced 75 families. Authorities say three people were taken to hospitals with minor…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Officials say Texas State defensive back Khambrail Winters has been fatally shot and two men have been arrested and charged in the killing. The San Marcos Police Department says officers responded to calls of shots fired at the Lodge Apartments in San Marcos on Tuesday evening after what witnesses described as…… MORE
Baltimore (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Cowboys scheduled game with the Baltimore Ravens has been postponed. The two teams were going to face each other Thursday, December 3, but that game has had to be rescheduled because of a COVID-19 outbreak inside the Ravens’ organization. The Ravens have a dozen players on the COVID-19 reserve list,…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission announced in October that it would reinstate on November 1 its usual three-per-week work searches demand for those receiving unemployment benefits, but it didn’t happen in north Texas. Local Workforce boards have the power to reduce or remove the work search requirement depending on how severe COVID-19 is…… MORE
