(WBAP/KLIF) — North Texas has plunged over the 400,000 mark in Coronavirus cases. Dallas county has more than 172,000 positive tests, Tarrant county just eclipsed 150,000, Collin county at more than 43,000, and Denton over 39,000. The Dallas-Fort worth area approached another 6,000 new cases of COVID-19, Thursday. Dallas county health officials saw almost 1,800…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s top health official on Tuesday urged vaccine providers not to hold any doses in reserve and to distribute them as quickly as possible as the state deals with record-breaking numbers of virus patients in hospitals and new cases. In separate statements, Abbott and state…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Snow is blanketing parts of west and central Texas with more than a foot expected in higher elevations. In Odessa, a winter weather shelter was opened for those traveling, which is available through Friday. Odessa city officials say federal guidelines for social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19 will be enforced at…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — U.S. farmers are expected to end the year with higher profits than last year and the best net farm income in seven years. That’s due to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest farm income forecast. Farmers faced challenges in 2020, which included the impact…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A record level of COVID-19 hospitalizations for four days in a row. Texas state health officials reported that statewide hospitals have surpassed 12,000 Coronavirus patients occupying hospital beds, Thursday. The new record high of hospitalizations was spurred by a rise of 1,400 patients in one week. That, coupled with another 15,000 newly confirmed cases…… MORE