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COVID-19 Cases Increase, But Mortality Rate Decreases

COVID-19 Cases Increase, But Mortality Rate Decreases

(WBAP/KLIF) —  The Dallas-Fort Worth area continues to add large numbers of coronavirus cases to the overall infection total.  Dallas county reported another nearly 1,700 coronavirus positive tests, Saturday, while Tarrant county listed over 1,300 and Denton county had 389. That brought the metroplex total to nearly 296-thousand cases since the pandemic began. However, the…MORE

Many Texas Businesses Must Return to 50% Occupancy Levels As of Saturday December 5th, Due to COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Many Texas Businesses Must Return to 50% Occupancy Levels As of Saturday December 5th, Due to COVID-19 Hospitalizations

As of today, many Texas businesses will be rolling back capacity and occupancy levels as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.  In a letter from the Texas Department of State Health Services written to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, it outlines that all restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms and exercise facilities, museums…MORE

Man Allegedly Escapes From Human Smuggling Operation in Houston

Man Allegedly Escapes From Human Smuggling Operation in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) – A federal prosecutor says an Honduran man has been charged with harboring after he was found keeping watch of more than two dozen people who authorities say were being held in a Houston home as part of a human smuggling operation. Houston police say the smuggling operation was discovered Thursday evening after…MORE

Texas Nursing Homes Will Be Among the First To Receive Coronavirus Vaccines

Texas Nursing Homes Will Be Among the First To Receive Coronavirus Vaccines

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas health officials are moving nursing home residents to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccines. The change Friday comes after state health officials initially decided that only health care workers would have access to the first round of doses that are expected to arrive this month. The reversal comes…MORE

13 Charged In Drug Sales By Former University Of Texas Students

13 Charged In Drug Sales By Former University Of Texas Students

Austin, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice says 13 people have been charged in a probe into a drug ring largely operated by current and former University of Texas students that used apps and social media to sell counterfeit Adderall and Xanax often laced with fentanyl. Justice officials said 13 people have been…MORE