Dickinson (WBAP/KLIF) – The race to be mayor of the Houston suburb of Dickinson finally ended during the week when the winner’s name was drawn out of a top hat. Sean Skipworth and Jennifer Lawrence each ran to be the next mayor of Dickinson, but after a runoff election last month, and a recount earlier…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — North Texas surpasses 450,000 positive tests for covid-19. Over 6,400 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus were detected in the Metroplex, Friday. Tarrant county reported two shy of 3,000 cases, Dallas county listed nearly 2,400, while Collin and Denton counties combined for more than a thousand newly infected residents. Dallas county was the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Twitter says it is banning President Donald Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.” The social media giant said Friday: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them – specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn received a briefing on Texas’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Friday from Department of State Health Services Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt, Texas Department of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, member of the State’s Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel Dr. John Zerwas, and DSHS Associate Commissioner of Laboratory & Infectious Diseases…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott placed numerous resources on standby on Friday, ahead of a winter weather event that is expected to impact the state of Texas this weekend. According to the Governor, a winter storm system will move across the state Saturday evening through early Monday morning. He said the storm system is…… MORE