Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
DFW Hospital Council Concerned about Shrinking Capacity, Staff as COVID-19 Cases Rise
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A rise in COVID-19 cases is taking its total on North Texas hospitals. Per Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order, COVID-19 restrictions and closures come with a COVID...
Nov 19, 2020
Governor Abbott Announces Distribution of COVID-19 Treatment, Insists No Lockdown
(Photo: Office Of The Governor) LUBBOCK (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with local officials on Thursday in Lubbock to provide an update on the distribution of bamlanivimab, the Eli...
Nov 19, 2020
UPS Looking to Hire More Than 1,000 in DFW
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –If you are looking for work, UPS is hiring. The shipping giant is looking to fill 1,200 seasonal jobs in DFW. Pay will run between $14.50 and $21 per hour depending on the po...
Nov 19, 2020
More Cuts Could be Coming for Dallas Based Southwest Airlines
More than 400 employees have been told they could be furloughed in January if they do not agree to a 10 percent cut in pay. The furlough warnings were issued to members of the Mechanics Fraternal Asso...
Nov 19, 2020
Governor Abbott, TEA, TDEM Announce $420 Million Reimbursement Program for Texas Schools to Continue Virtual Learning
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas schools will have access to a $420 million reimbursement program to help students continue to learn virtually as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Governor Abbott annou...
Nov 19, 2020
First-Time Weekly Jobless Claims Increase to 742,00 as Pandemic Worsens
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is...
Nov 19, 2020
‘We’re in trouble’: Texas Sending Record Help to Hospitals
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas is sending medical staff to overworked hospitals by the thousands - more now than at any point during the pandemic - as a worsening surge of cases leaves virus patients wait...
Nov 19, 2020
MedStar Enacts its COVID ‘Worst case scenario’ Plan of Action
(MedStar) Tarrant County (WBAP/KLIF) – As a COVID-19 surge continues across the country and across the metroplex, a long-planned ‘worst-case scenario’ plan of action was enacted this...
Nov 19, 2020
Major League Cricket Signs Long-Term Lease to Develop First Major Cricket Stadium in Grand Prairie
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- Major League Cricket (MLC) has received approval from the City of Grand Prairie on a long-term lease agreement to begin an extensive redevelopment of AirHogs Stadium as the ...
Nov 18, 2020
Dallas Mayor says Violence is Out of Hand, Governor Sends Help
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday to provide direct support to the Dallas Police Department in their efforts to reduce violent...
Nov 18, 2020
