(WBAP/KLIF) — Coronavirus has resulted in nearly 164,000 positive tests in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Health departments across the Metroplex reported almost 2,200 newly confirmed positive tests of COVID-19, Sunday. 453 positives occurred in Dallas county, 601 in Tarrant county, and Collin county reported 20 newly confirmed tests. In all, Dallas county is approaching 84,000…… MORE
Texas Based Energy Company Closing 12 Coal-Fired Plants
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas-based company is closing its remaining coal-fired power plants in Illinois. Vistra Energy had already shuttered four Ilinois power plants in Canton, Coffeen, Havana and Hennepin and agreed to close another near Peoria as part of a legal settlement. However, the Houston-based company announced that it plans to close its four remaining Illinois…… MORE
Texas Coronavirus Deaths Eclipse 16,000
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas health officials report 2,181 newly reported positive Coronavirus tests and 33 additional deaths, Sunday. The one number not being reported by the state is how many of those newly reported positive tests came from the over 71,000 active cases of COVID-19. The Texas health department, reported a total of nearly 766,000 positive…… MORE
Deputies Accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of Crimes
DALLAS (AP) – Several top deputies of Texas’ attorney general have accused him of crimes including bribery and abuse of office in an internal letter saying they’ve reported the actions to law enforcement. In a brief letter, seven senior lawyers wrote that they reported Republican Ken Paxton for potentially breaking the law “in his official…… MORE
Latest COVID-19 Numbers For North Texas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas County reports 474 new positive cases of COVID-19, plus 154 older cases, and 21 probably cases, for a total of 638 confirmed cases. The county reported that diabetes has been an underlying high-risk health condition reported in about a third of all hospitalized patients with COVID-19. About 25 % of…… MORE