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Salmonella, Typhoid Fever case confirmed in McKinney Restaurant Worker

Salmonella, Typhoid Fever case confirmed in McKinney Restaurant Worker

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Collin County Health Department has confirmed a case of travel-related extensively drug resistant Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever) at a McKinney Restaurant. They warm anyone who ate from Hat Creek Burger Co., 3321 S Custer Road in McKinney, between Aug. 19 and 22 may be at risk. Pam Ritz with the restaurant said the worker left…MORE

Officials Say Third Death Tied to Imelda Floods

Officials Say Third Death Tied to Imelda Floods

HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities say the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda have led to the death of a third person. Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jason Spencer said Friday that preliminary indications are a man whose body was found in a ditch Friday north of Houston drowned from storm-related flooding. An autopsy will be performed…MORE

Bonnie Parker’s Poetry Book, Clyde Barrow’s Watch Among Items Up For Auction

Bonnie Parker’s Poetry Book, Clyde Barrow’s Watch Among Items Up For Auction

DALLAS (AP) – A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Saturday in Boston. Parker and Barrow were shot to death by lawmen in Louisiana in 1934 following a massive…MORE

Arlington Police Warn Parents of New ‘Kidnapping Scam’

Arlington Police Warn Parents of New ‘Kidnapping Scam’

Arlington, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Arlington police say they’ve been getting reports of yet another attempt to scam folks out of their money. The latest, according to police Lieutenant Chris Cook is targets parents via their cell phones by wanna-be thieves looking to extort money by telling them their children have been kidnapped. “The have the…MORE

FAA Chief Tests New 737 Max Software

FAA Chief Tests New 737 Max Software

DALLAS (AP) – The nation’s top aviation regulator has tested new software for the Boeing 737 Max in a flight simulator and is tentatively giving a favorable review to the updates to a plane that remains grounded after two deadly crashes. The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, Stephen Dickson, also toured the Max…MORE