Garland (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Garland has announced it will not hold a public tree lighting ceremony at its annual Christmas on the Square event. the city’s announcement says the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution” due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Garland’s Christmas on the Square lighting event usually involves…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Reports of a recent hospitalization rate surge in Texas apparently hasn’t affected the Dallas area hospital capacity. Hospital capacity in the Dallas area continues to hold steady during the Coronavirus pandemic. A recent report released by Dallas mayor Eric Johnson shows an increased number of available hospital beds and ventilators compared to two weeks…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has seen more than 210,000 COVID-19 tests in 2020, as Texas nears a million cases. North Texas has over 2,200 deaths. Dallas county eclipsed 100,000 cases, Friday with 1,127 pandemic deaths. Tarrant county has over 72,000 positive tests and 757 fatalities, while Collin county is approaching 20,000 confirmed Coronavirus cases and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The VA North Texas Health Care System is expanding its capacity as its COVID-19 unit continues to fill up. “Due to a steady increase in the number of COVID-19 positive patients seeking care at VA North Texas Health Care System (specifically our main Dallas VA Medical Center), the decision has been made to reopen…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of Defense has deployed three U.S. Air Force Medical Specialty Teams to assist the state’s efforts to combat COVID-19 in El Paso. According to the Governor, the teams consist of 20 military medical providers each and will support three El Paso city…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in the number of ballots counted in the state, which Trump must win to have a shot at reelection. The contest is still too early for The Associated Press to call.…… MORE
KILLEEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Fort Hood soldier has been charged with murder in the case of a woman who was found dead in a Killeen Day Inn motel room in July of 2019. Killeen Police arrested 20-year-old Spc. Cory Grafton this week in connection to the death of 32-year-old Chelsea Cheatham. An autopsy at the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs in October, a solid pace though far fewer than needed to regain most of the jobs lost to the pandemic recession just as new viral cases are setting record highs. The October gain suggested that a tentative economic recovery may remain intact even in the face of…… MORE
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas receiver CeeDee Lamb stammered briefly when asked about his first practice with Cooper Rush and Garrett Gilbert as those two quarterbacks compete to start against Pittsburgh. “We recently got Coop … Cooper … Rush. Cooper Rush,” Lamb said, the rookie finally putting the full name together. And that’s the guy…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The ongoing absentee ballot count in Tarrant county has put Joe Biden on top by a few hundred votes. As ballots are still being counted in Texas, Joe Biden has pulled ahead of President Trump as a result of votes tallied from the Fort Worth area. The numbers won’t change the…… MORE
