Houston (AP) – Texas has surpassed 25,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the second highest total in the country. State health officials reported 272 new deaths on Saturday linked to COVID-19. That brings Texas’ death toll to 25,226 overall. Cases of COVID-19 and virus-related hospitalizations continue to rise in the state. On Saturday, the state…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A state legislator has won a state senate runoff against Dallas hair salon owner Shelley Luther. Representative Drew Springer who was backed by Governor Greg Abbott defeated fellow Republican Shelly Luther who was jailed in May for defying the governor’s coronavirus restrictions. Turnout in Saturday’s special election was low. Governor Abbott reportedly…… MORE
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – California state health restrictions won’t allow the Rose Bowl to have fans attend the game in person during that state’s resurgent pandemic, so the organizers of the college football playoffs announced Saturday night the Rose Bowl game will be relocated to the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium in Arlington. It…… MORE
TEXAS CITY – Associated Press (WBAP/KLIF) – A private autopsy on the body of a 22 year old man shot dead at the hands of police appears to show the man died of a single gunshot to his back. 22 year old Joshua Feast died December 9th, reportedly shot by La Marque police officer Jose…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Lawyers say the U.S. government is preparing to deport more than a dozen children and their parents held at a Texas immigration detention center, including a 4-year-old girl with a broken arm that requires surgery. Medical records show that doctors at the Dilley, Texas, detention center diagnosed the girl with a fracture…… MORE