Austin (AP) – The number of reported coronavirus cases in Texas has surpassed 375,000, and state health officials report 168 more deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the illness. State health officials on Saturday reported 8,112 more confirmed cases of the the virus to bring the total reported to 375,846, and the death…… MORE
Corpus Christi (WBAP/KLIF) – South Texas is dealing with floods caused by the weekend onslaught of what is now Tropical Storm Hannah. Hannah roared ashore from the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic cyclone season made landfall twice Saturday afternoon within…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Chinese consular officials left the Chinese consulate in Houston Friday. The Trump administration had ordered the facility to shut down, alleging that it was a nest of spies. Vans bearing diplomatic plates left the consulate Friday afternoon. Federal agents then checked the locked doors of the consulate, and a locksmith was seen…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Bureau of Prisons reports more than 500 women at the Carswell Federal Medical Prison in Fort Worth have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s close to half of the 1,100 women incarcerated there. Only the federal prison in Seagoville has more infected inmates: 1,132 as of Monday. So far, two women…… MORE
Austin (AP) – President Donald Trump is congratulating former Florida Congressman Allen West on becoming the new chair of the Republican Party of Texas. West won the post early Monday during a turbulent Texas GOP convention that was moved online after the coronavirus outbreak in Houston upended plans for a massive indoor gathering. West is…… MORE