DALLAS/TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As COVID-19 continues to rapidly spread throughout North Texas, UT Southwestern Medical Center has started a study to figure exactly why it is doing so. The study will enroll 45,000 residents from both Dallas and Tarrant county across all diversities, while also selecting 14,000 citizens with essential higher-risk occupations. To do…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued guidance Tuesday on the opening of local schools for the upcoming school year, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to Paxton, the guidance was in response to a request from Stephenville Mayor Doug Svien. The Attorney General said that while playing an important role in protecting the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas residents are among Americans being warned about packages of mysterious, unsolicited seeds from China. The packages are falsely labeled as jewelry. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller advised residents not to plant the seeds as they could contain harmful invasive species or be otherwise unsafe. “I am urging folks to take this…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – According to newly released stats by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, there have been over 750 residents and over 400 employees of nursing homes and assisted living centers who have contracted the COVID-19 in Tarrant County; at least 140 residents who died tested positive for the virus, according to the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America. He’ll say in his opening statement at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday that “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests” ostensibly linked to George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.…… MORE