(AP) – Federal health advisers have endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12. Earlier in the week, the Food and Drug Administration cleared the expanded use of Pfizer’s shots, citing evidence the shots worked as well in those 12 to 15 years old as those 16 and older. Kids in…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Alcohol to-go officially became law in Texas on Wednesday. Governor Abbott signed HB 1094 by Representative Geren and Senator Hancock, making permanent restaurants’ ability to safely sell alcohol with pickup and delivery food orders. Alcohol to-go is now LAW in Texas! Thank you to my partners in the legislature for getting this…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office is warning residents about a recent spike in identity theft scam involving unemployment benefits. “This is unacceptable,” said Sharen Wilson, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney. “At a time when people need help, they are having their identities stolen and fake unemployment claims filed.” The…… MORE
EDEN, Texas (AP) – Authorities say a man shot two West Texas sheriff’s deputies dead and critically wounded a city employee while answering a dog complaint. Twenty-eight-year-old Jeffrey Nicholas has been charged with capital murder and jailed with a $4 million bond. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the Monday night attack happened at…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — Top leaders in the Texas county where George Floyd grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be posthumously pardoned for a 2004 drug arrest by a former Houston police officer now facing murder charges in a separate case. The five members of Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the resolution in…… MORE