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Flooding And Power Outages Are Hammering South Texas

Flooding And Power Outages Are Hammering South Texas

Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF) – South Texas is dealing with floods caused by the weekend onslaught of what is now Tropical Storm Hannah. Hannah roared ashore from the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic cyclone season made landfall twice Saturday afternoon within…MORE

Deadly Covid 19 Numbers in North Texas on Saturday

Deadly Covid 19 Numbers in North Texas on Saturday

DALLAS – Tarrant County reached a gruesome new milestone Saturday July 25th, in announcing its highest number of deaths yet blamed on the coronavirus at 15, with 584 new cases of Covid 19 reported. Dallas County is back to higher numbers again in the pandemic, with 1,267 new cases and 18 deaths reported Saturday. Denton County…MORE

Court Rules Hospital Must Keep Baby Tinslee On Life Support

Court Rules Hospital Must Keep Baby Tinslee On Life Support

DALLAS (AP) – A Texas appeals court has ruled that a hospital must keep a 17-month-old girl on life support pending a trial addressing the merits of the law doctors invoked to withdraw life-sustaining treatment. The ruling came in Friday after the case has been making its way through the courts for months. On Nov.…MORE

Hospital Capacity Numbers For The City of Dallas

Hospital Capacity Numbers For The City of Dallas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – (Copyright2020WBAP/KLIF News. All Rights Reserved.) The City of Dallas received ventilator and bed capacity reports from 25 hospitals on Friday. The numbers from Mayor Eric Johnson’s office indicate 69% of ‘total beds’ are occupied; 4,916 out of 5,975. And 70% of I-C-U beds; 673 out of 955. There are a total…MORE

China’s Diplomats Have Evacuated Their Consulate In Houston

China’s Diplomats Have Evacuated Their Consulate In Houston

Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Chinese consular officials left the Chinese consulate in Houston Friday. The Trump administration had ordered the facility to shut down, alleging that it was a nest of spies. Vans bearing diplomatic plates left the consulate Friday afternoon. Federal agents then checked the locked doors of the consulate, and a locksmith was seen…MORE