KELLER (WBAP/KLIF News) – A recent COVID-19 outbreak has lead to a disruption early on in the school year. The district is transitioning all Fossil Ridge High School employees and students to remote learning Wednesday due to a dozen confirmed cases of COVID-19. Virtual learning will continue for 14 days, with students and staff returning to…… MORE
Hurricane Sally is Being Called a ‘slow moving disaster’ Along Alabama/Florida Coasts
Alabama (WBAP/KLIF) – The center of Hurricane Sally made landfall in Alabama and Florida Panhandle early Wednesday morning but the storm is slamming other Gulf coast states with lots of rain and high winds. Damaging winds already have taken a toll in both states. “Nothing is going to go away anytime soon,” according to…… MORE
Sally Comes Ashore As Category 2 Storm
Pensacola, Florida (AP) – Hurricane Sally finally blasted ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, with top winds of 105 mph. The coast is being pummeled with sideways rain and beach-covering storm surges. Sally’s northern eyewall raked the Gulf Coast for hours before the center finally made landfall, delivering punishing wind and…… MORE
Trump Denies Downplaying Virus, Questions Masks During TV Town Hall in ‘Hostile Territory’
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – President Donald Trump is denying he played down the threat of the coronavirus earlier this year, although in recent audio recordings, he says that he did purposely to prevent panic. Trump is also continuing to cast doubt on the widely accepted scientific conclusions of his own administration strongly urging the use of…… MORE
‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Western Wildfire Resources Run Thin
Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a three-day break. Silvera, a 43-year-old battalion chief with Cal Fire, California’s state firefighting agency, said he’s…… MORE