EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The Texas National Guard has sent a 36-member team to El Paso to assist morgues handle the number of dead as a result of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Statewide, the Texas health department on Saturday reported a one-day high of 12,597 new cases, nearly 20,500 dead and…… MORE
FBI Opens Investigation Into Texas AG Ken Paxton Allegations
DALLAS (AP) – The FBI recently opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his office to benefit a wealthy donor, two people with knowledge of the probe told The Associated Press. The case arises from a sprawling mire of investigations, counter investigations, lawsuits and criminal allegations. It involves a…… MORE
Rise in COVID-19 Cases Impacting Local Nursing Homes
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County is reporting record numbers in its nursing homes surrounding the continued spread of COVID-19. Dallas County Health and Human Services reports over 850 COVID-19 cases from 84 separate long-term care facilities, including 304 staff members in the last 30 days. That’s the highest number facilities reporting outbreaks since the pandemic…… MORE
North Texas Eclipses a Quarter of a Million Coronavirus Cases
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex surpassed a quarter of a million Coronavirus cases, Saturday, as almost 4,000 newly confirmed positive tests were reported. Dallas county erupted for nearly 2,200 cases, Tarrant county almost 1,400, and Denton county 310. In all, over 117,000 Dallas county residents have been stricken with COVID-19, while more than 90,000 in Tarrant…… MORE
Revisions For Texas’ Sex Ed School Curriculum
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved teaching middle schoolers about birth control but decided against providing students with information on consent, sexual orientation and gender identity. The education board’s changes were the first to sex education curriculum in Texas in more than 20 years. The revisions include teaching…… MORE