ALLEN(WBAP/KLIF)- One of the largest school districts in Collin County is asking struggling students to return to campus from online classes at home. Allen ISD is sending some of its 20,000 students, including secondary students who are not meeting attendance or grade report guidelines back to class. Some parents say that instead of exposing their…… MORE
Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – An Irving firefighter was seriously injured early Sunday morning when he was run down by a drunk driver going the wrong way on Highway 183. It happened a little before 4:00 AM. The firefighter was a member of a police and fire crew that was dealing with a five vehicle accident on…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A 32 year old man was shot to death early this (Sunday) morning in Dallas’ Red Bird area. Police found Kiston Johnson Junior’s body in the driver’s seat of a vehicle about 1:00 AM. He had been shot several times, and died shortly after he was transported to a hospital. So far…… MORE
Austin (AP) – The number of people in Texas hospitalized with the coronavirus has declined after topping 9,000 this week for the first time since summer. The Texas health department on Saturday reported 8,916 hospitalizations, down from 9,015 reported Friday. The department reported 11,672 new cases and 247 additional deaths for totals of 1.24 million…… MORE
Corpus Christi, (WBAP/KLIF) – Seven contract workers were injured Saturday when a storage tank exploded at a petroleum facility in Corpus Christi. Four of the victims were critically injured. Magellan Midstream Partners Operations Manager Mark Calhoun says the tank holding crude oil was being cleaned when a fire began. The fire caused an explosion. It…… MORE