Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Metroplex Surpasses 78,000 Coronavirus Cases
(WBAP/KLIF) — State health officials say Wednesday is the deadliest single day of the pandemic as 197 new deaths were reported. The state has reported 1,535 deaths in the past two weeks. The Cor...
Jul 23, 2020
Texas Hits New High in Daily COVID-19 Death Count
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas reported a new daily high number of deaths Wednesday from the illness caused by the new coronavirus, even as the state reported a slight decrease in the number of people who...
Jul 23, 2020
Tesla Picks Texas Site for Second US Vehicle Assembly Plant
AP Auto Writer Tesla has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. The company will build on a 2,100-acre tract in Travis County ...
Jul 22, 2020
Fort Worth ISD Board Considering Tax Hike to Pay for Additional Items Needed for Covid-19 School Plan
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth ISD is considering a tax increase to help pay for items needed in light of COVID-19. Superintendent Dr. Kent Scribner said in order to educate students under the...
Jul 22, 2020
Disgraced Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Seeks Prison Release Amid COVID19 Concerns
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A disgraced ex-Dallas mayor pro tem who is in prison on federal corruption charges wants a release to home confinement because of coronavirus concerns. The lawyer for 68-yea...
Jul 22, 2020
Democrats Try to Defund the Military
(WBAP/KLIF) — New York slashed a billion dollars from the state’s police department budget, earlier this month, as lawmakers caved to pressure from groups to “defund the police”...
Jul 22, 2020
COVID Death Rate Falls, Hospital Bed Capacity Improves
(WBAP/KLIF) — The COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped to historic lows and hospital bed capacity is improving. The number of Texans dying from the Coronavirus appear to be dropping. Of the almost...
Jul 22, 2020
COVID-19 On The Rise at Mexican Border
(WBAP/KLIF) — COVID-19 is on the rise along the Texas-Mexico border. As Coronavirus cases have slightly fallen in the Metroplex, health officials in Texas counties along the Mexico border are co...
Jul 22, 2020
COVID-19 Outbreak at Texas Federal Prison
Federal Medical Center-Carswell Fort WorthPhoto courtesy WFAA FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - More than 500 women at a federal medical prison in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus, in one of the ...
Jul 22, 2020
Another Fort Hood Soldier Found Dead
(WBAP/KLIF) — U.S. Army officials are reporting the discovery of another Fort Hood soldier’s body. It’s the third time in a month that army officials have found the dead body of one ...
Jul 22, 2020
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