(WBAP/KLIF) — The number of Coronavirus cases in the Metroplex has been cut in half. The total number of COVID-19 cases, Thursday, was just under 2,100. A few weeks ago, that number was around 4,000. Tarrant county reported 758 newly infected residents, Dallas county 614, Denton county 556, and Collin county 142. North Texas also…… MORE
‘Who is at fault?’ Investigation Into Texas Blackout Begins
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The catastrophic Texas blackout was a wider failure than the state’s power grid, which teetered on the brink of an even bigger collapse during a freeze that knocked out electricity to 4 million customers, energy executives said Thursday. One CEO said he sounded warning days before what became one of the…… MORE
Springlike Storms this Weekend
Today, Showers and Storms ending this morning..60 / 49, Winds L&V Saturday, Cloudy, Breezy, Rain and Tstorms increasing by afternoon, 70 / 60, Winds SE10-20 Sunday, More Showers and Storms, 67 / 45, Winds N15-25G Monday, Cloudy, Cooler, Widely Scattered showers, 57 / 45 Tuesday…Rain Ending…62 / 47 … MORE
COVID-19 Relief Bill Won’t Contain Minimum Wage Hike
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate parliamentarian has dealt a potentially lethal blow to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a massive COVID-19 relief bill the party is trying to speed through Congress. The finding by Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s nonpartisan arbiter of its rules, comes…… MORE
Chris Krok Show: A DFW Real Estate Market Update
Chris’s friend and realtor Todd Tramonte (who also hosts Texas Real Estate Saturdays at 3 on WBAP) joined the program to give an update on how the real estate market is looking in DFW, and two things Todd is seeing that is not normal to see at the same time. On NewsTalk 820, WBAP!… MORE