AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves. They disinfect keypads, freezer handles and checkout counters as hundreds of people weave around them, sometimes standing too close for comfort amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some work for hours…… MORE
Carrollton Woman Could Be Charged With Making Terroristic Threat
Carrollton (WBAP/KLIF) – The search is on for a Carrollton woman who claims she tested positive for Covid-19 but won’t self quarantine. Carrollton police tweeted last night they’re looking for 18-year-old Lorraine Maradiaga, after she posted to snapchat that she didn’t care that she had the virus and was going to go out anyway. She…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Election Bumping and Zoom Hacking
0:24 — If the Coronavirus lasts into the fall, what could happen to the presidential election? What does the Constitution say about delaying, or canceling it?? Expert attorney David Coale joins Dave & Amy to break it down for you. 6:35 — Zoom is all the craze right now, whether it’s a business hosting a…… MORE
Statler Offers Free Hotel Room for Medical Heroes
(WBAP/KLIF) — As COVID-19 pushes the medical community to the brink with long hospital shifts, the Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas is providing relief. Celina Mayor Sean Terry says they want to support healthcare heroes with free accommodations. Terry says the long hospital hours and risk of spreading Coronavirus to their families is what motivated the…… MORE
UK Prime Minister Hospitalized with COVID-19
UNITED KINGDOM- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital 10-days after testing positive for COVID-19. Johnson has been in quarantine but has also still been holding daily meetings and releasing messages on how Britain is dealing with the epidemic and how he has been feeling. He said in a message Friday…… MORE
One Dead and One Seriously Injured After Shooting in Arlington
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A man is dead and a woman is in the hospital after both of them were shot Sunday morning in Arlington at the 2100 block of Foxcroft Lane. Officers arrested two young suspects in the area of the incident. No details about them have been released. The man was pronounced dead on the…… MORE
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says Dallas County Still Needs Overflow Hospital
DALLAS COUTNY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas has been converted into an overflow hospital as COVID-19 rapidly spreads across the county, but it has yet to be used. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says he received a letter from Governor Greg Abbott’s office accusing him of not wanting to use…… MORE
Hobby Lobby Blinks
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Hobby Lobby says the ongoing threat of Covid 19 has forced it to close its stores until further notice. The Oklahoma City based arts and crafts chain says it’s furloughing all store employees, and many corporate and distribution workers. Many state and local governments, including most in North Texas, have…… MORE
Fort Worth ISD – Monday’s Changes to Student Meal Acquisition
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Fort Worth Independent School District officials announce changes to food pickup for students while classes are on pause due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Starting Monday, parents or guardians of students must offer one form of identification to prove they have the students they say they do. District spokesman Clint…… MORE
Coronavirus survivors’ blood in demand for treatment
New york (AP) – Hospitals are starting to line up survivors of the new coronavirus to donate some blood, so doctors can use it to treat the sick. Blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients carries immune system antibodies that fight the virus, and early donors are happy to try to help. It’s experimental, but the…… MORE
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