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MLB Set to Return End of July, Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels Gives Update

MLB Set to Return End of July, Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels Gives Update

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Major League Baseball is set to return! The MLB released a 60-game schedule, with opening day scheduled for July 23rd or 24th. Texas Rangers Officials say they don’t have a lot of information if the games will have fans but they’re working under the current state guidelines, which allows up to 50% capacity…MORE

Texas Governor says State Facing ‘Massive’ COVID-19 Outbreak

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the state is facing a “massive outbreak” in the coronavirus pandemic. He says some new local restrictions may be needed to protect hospital space for new patients. Texas hit record highs Wednesday with more than 5,550 new cases and more nearly 4,400 hospitalizations. Texas also reported…MORE

Texas Restaurant Association Launches COVID-19 Health & Safety Training Certification and Restaurant Verification Program

Texas Restaurant Association Launches COVID-19 Health & Safety Training Certification and Restaurant Verification Program

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — The Texas Restaurant Association will start offering a COVID-19 health & safety training certification and restaurant verification program. This new program will train, evaluate, and certify restaurants on the additional protocols that must be followed per Governor Abbott’s minimum standard health protocols. It is also suppose to establish trust between restaurants and their…MORE

Texas Travelers to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut are Told to Isolate

Texas Travelers to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut are Told to Isolate

NEW YORK (AP) – Officials say New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, beginning Thursday. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that “we also have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on a plane again.” Cuomo announced what was called…MORE

Arlington Man Charged In Connection With Body Found in Container in Tennessee

Arlington Man Charged In Connection With Body Found in Container in Tennessee

PARIS, Tenn. (AP) – An Arlington man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of the body of a woman in a plastic container floating in Kentucky Lake in Tennessee. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said 60-year-old Jeffery Rogers used a boat rented in Paris, Tennessee, to dispose of the body. Kentucky State Police…MORE