(WBAP/KLIF) — A Dallas County grand jury elected not to indict the Dallas Police Association President. Mike Mata was cleared, Tuesday, of allegations of evidence tampering in the Amber Guyger murder case. Guyger, an off duty Dallas Police officer, shot and killed Botham Jean inside his apartment. After the shooting Mata was accused of wrong-doing by…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Almost 1,700 of the Lone Star State’s over 8,300 new cases of Coronavirus were found in the Metroplex. Dallas county reported 789 new cases of COVID-19, Tuesday, Tarrant county 576, while Collin and Denton counties combined for 285 additional positive tests. The mortality rate in the Metroplex is 1.3%, with Denton county boasting…… MORE
DENTON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Unsolicited seeds from China are being sent to Americans across the nation and it’s happening here in North Texas. Janet Laminack is the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Horticulture Agent for Denton County. She said Denton County residents have received the seeds in packaging falsely labeled as jewelry. “Some of them look like…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services announced this week that it has improved the reporting of fatalities due to COVID-19 by identifying them through the cause of death listed on death certificates. According to DSHS, the method allows fatalities to be counted faster with more comprehensive demographic data. Officials said using…… MORE
DALLAS/TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As COVID-19 continues to rapidly spread throughout North Texas, UT Southwestern Medical Center has started a study to figure exactly why it is doing so. The study will enroll 45,000 residents from both Dallas and Tarrant county across all diversities, while also selecting 14,000 citizens with essential higher-risk occupations. To do…… MORE