Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News

Tarrant County Judge Rescinds Mask Mandate Effective Immediately
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Following Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement to lift the state-wide mask mandate starting March 10th, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley lifted the county’s mas...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Religious Statue Stolen and Beheaded in Fort Worth
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) -A catholic statue has been stolen and beheaded in Fort Worth. Vandals hit St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Catholic Church twice over the weekend and left the beheaded monume...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Governor Abbott Lifts Mask Mandate, Reopens Texas
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) - Governor Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that he is lifting the mask mandate in Texas and increasing capacity of all businesses and facilities in the state to 100 percent. The Go...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Local Leaders Express Urgency in Correcting Failures that Contributed to Texas Power Outages
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County leaders are calling on state lawmakers to take action this legislative session regarding widespread power outages during last month’s winter storm that l...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Merck & Co. to Help Produce Rival Johnson & Johnson’s New COVID-19 Vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) – Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly, a Biden administr...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Six Dr. Seuss Books Won’t Continue to Be Published Because of Racist Images
YouTube BOSTON (AP) - Six Dr. Seuss books - including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran the Zoo" - will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the ...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Paxton Accused of ‘Obsessive, Bizarre Abuse of Power’ During Whistleblower Complaint Hearing
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (WFAA) Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Day two of a 2-day hearing continues in Austin today in the whistle-blower complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton. Former...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Boy Scouts Of America Submits Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
The Boy Scouts of America DOVER, Del. (AP) – The Boy Scouts of America has submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan that envisions continued operations of its local troops and national adventu...
Cumulus Media Mar 02, 2021

Texas Top Utility Regulator Quits in Fallout Over Blackouts
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ top utilities regulator resigned Monday, in the widening fallout from blackouts triggered by an unusually heavy and widespread winter storm that left millions i...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021

DFW Airport Gets $60-million in COVID Relief
File Photo DFW AIRPORT (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was given over $60-million in federal grant money to help to COVID-19 relief. Senator John Cornyn’s office anno...
Cumulus Media Mar 01, 2021






