Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Rise in COVID-19 Cases Impacting Local Nursing Homes

Rise in COVID-19 Cases Impacting Local Nursing Homes

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County is reporting record numbers in its nursing homes surrounding the continued spread of COVID-19. Dallas County Health and Human Services reports over 850 COVID-19 cases from 84 separate long-term care facilities, including 304 staff members in the last 30 days. That’s the highest number facilities reporting outbreaks since the pandemic…MORE

North Texas Eclipses a Quarter of a Million Coronavirus Cases

North Texas Eclipses a Quarter of a Million Coronavirus Cases

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex surpassed a quarter of a million Coronavirus cases, Saturday, as almost 4,000 newly confirmed positive tests were reported. Dallas county erupted for nearly 2,200 cases, Tarrant county almost 1,400, and Denton county 310.  In all, over 117,000 Dallas county residents have been stricken with COVID-19, while more than 90,000 in Tarrant…MORE

Revisions For Texas’ Sex Ed School Curriculum

Revisions For Texas’ Sex Ed School Curriculum

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved teaching middle schoolers about birth control but decided against providing students with information on consent, sexual orientation and gender identity. The education board’s changes were the first to sex education curriculum in Texas in more than 20 years. The revisions include teaching…MORE

Coronavirus Hospitalizations, Highest Since Deadly Summer Surge

Coronavirus Hospitalizations, Highest Since Deadly Summer Surge

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas has surpassed 8,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time since a deadly summer surge. Doctors on Friday also amplified pleas to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small, and hard-hit El Paso is now offering $27 an hour for morgue workers as the border community struggles to keep up with the rising…MORE

Dallas Police Release Surveillance Photos in Rapper’s Killing

Dallas Police Release Surveillance Photos in Rapper’s Killing

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Police Department released surveillance photos Friday of the person believed to be responsible for the killing of a locally based rapper. Dallas Rapper MO-3 was shot and killed on November 11 while seen running on I-35 near Clarendon Drive. According to Police, several other shootings believed to be loosely tied…MORE