(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
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
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has surpassed 8,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time since a deadly summer surge. Doctors on Friday also amplified pleas to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small, and hard-hit El Paso is now offering $27 an hour for morgue workers as the border community struggles to keep up with the rising…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department released surveillance photos Friday of the person believed to be responsible for the killing of a locally based rapper. Dallas Rapper MO-3 was shot and killed on November 11 while seen running on I-35 near Clarendon Drive. According to Police, several other shootings believed to be loosely tied…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn has tested positive for COVID-19. Waybourn felt sick last Friday and tested positive on Saturday, November 14th. He’s currently in quarantine and recovering at home with mild symptoms, According to public information officer Lt. Jennifer Gabbert. Gabbert said that three other people who had been in close contact…… MORE