Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Garland Cancels Christmas Tree Lighting
Garland (WBAP/KLIF) – The city of Garland has announced it will not hold a public tree lighting ceremony at its annual Christmas on the Square event. the city’s announcement says the decis...
Nov 7, 2020
With a Surge in COVID Cases, Dallas Hospital Capacity Improves
(WBAP/KLIF) — Reports of a recent hospitalization rate surge in Texas apparently hasn’t affected the Dallas area hospital capacity. Hospital capacity in the Dallas area continues to hold s...
Nov 6, 2020
Metroplex Tops 210,000 Coronavirus Cases & 2,200 Deaths
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has seen more than 210,000 COVID-19 tests in 2020, as Texas nears a million cases. North Texas has over 2,200 deaths. Dallas county eclipsed 100,000 cases, Friday wit...
Nov 6, 2020
North Texas VA Opens Garland Center as COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise
(U.S. VA) DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The VA North Texas Health Care System is expanding its capacity as its COVID-19 unit continues to fill up. “Due to a steady increase in the number of COVID-1...
Nov 6, 2020
Texas Surges Resources to El Paso Amid Spike in COVID-19 Hospitalizations
(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of Defense has deployed three U.S. Air Force Medical Specialty Teams to assist the state’s efforts to ...
Nov 6, 2020
Biden Leads Trump in Pennsylvania Vote Count
Courtesy Joe Biden Campaign WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in the n...
Nov 6, 2020
Fort Hood Soldier Charged with Murder in Woman’s 2019 Death
KILLEEN (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Fort Hood soldier has been charged with murder in the case of a woman who was found dead in a Killeen Day Inn motel room in July of 2019. Killeen Police arrested 20-...
Nov 6, 2020
Unemployment Drops to 6.9% and US Adds a Solid 638,000 jobs
(Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs in October, a solid pace though far fewer than needed to regain most of the jobs lost to the ...
Nov 6, 2020
Cowboys Will Have 4th Starting QB of Season Against Steelers
"I just felt with the opponent that we're playing, we need some more experience at that position." – Cowboys Coach Mike McCarthy FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Dallas receiver CeeDee Lamb stammered briefl...
Nov 6, 2020
Absentee Ballot Count Leads to Biden Topping Trump in Tarrant County
FORT WORTH, TX – OCTOBER 30: People wait in line to vote at Tarrant County Elections Center on the last day of early voting on October 29, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas.(Photo by Montinique Monroe/G...
Nov 6, 2020
