Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County Health and Human Services now has the first lab in Texas that can test for the coronavirus. In a news release issued Wednesday, DCHHS said it has been working with partners at the state and federal levels to bring the capability to the Local Response Network laboratory. County Judge Clay…… MORE
ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) — A 70-year-old man has become the first Texan to have a positive test result for the new coronavirus outside of persons repatriated from abroad under quarantine, Texas health officials announced Wednesday. The patient is a resident of a Houston suburb in Fort Bend County who had just returned from travel abroad,…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An increasing number of high-profile companies and speakers have withdrawn from the South by Southwest music and arts festival amid mounting concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. Social media behemoth Facebook, tech news outlet Mashable, video-based social media platform TikTok and U.S. chip maker Intel and technology giant Apple…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Police Department needs your help finding the suspect of a deadly hit and run. Fort Worth Officer Buddy Calzada said a 7-year-old boy was crossing the street at a cross walk with other young family members at around 10pm Tuesday when a driver hit and killed him. The driver’s…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. The House votes on the deal Wednesday and Senate leaders are pressing for a vote in that chamber by the end of the week. The legislation came together unusually quickly, a rarity in…… MORE