Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Trinity Metro is Bringing a New On-Demand Transportation Option to the Near Southside Fort Worth
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Trinity Metro is bringing a new on-demand transportation option to the Near Southside. Starting July 19, the Near Southside ZIPZONE will serve the region that encompasses Baylo...
Jul 17, 2020
Dallas Mental Health Provider Braces for Increased Call Loads as COVID-19 Numbers Trend Upward
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Metrocare, the largest provider of mental and behavioral healthcare in Dallas County, is bracing for increased calls for assistance because of spiraling COVID-19 cases in Dallas Co...
Jul 17, 2020
Texas Leaders Announce eLearning Funding For Students
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas announced plans on Friday to allocate $200 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding to the Texas Education Agency for the pur...
Jul 17, 2020
TEA Gives Local Option for an Online-Only Start to School Year
TEA Commissioner Mike Morath AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency is giving more control to local school districts regarding the start of school. The move comes amid a continued incre...
Jul 17, 2020
Pentagon Bans Confederate Flag at Military Installations
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Confederate flag is now banned on military installations. The Pentagon laid out its decision in a carefully worded policy that doesn’t specifically mention the word b...
Jul 17, 2020
White House Report Identifies Texas as a COVID-19 ‘Red Zone’; Recommends More Restrictions
(Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images) AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A White House document prepared for the Coronavirus Task Force shows over 120 Texas counties, including those in the DFW metr...
Jul 17, 2020
Frisco ISD To Start Virtually
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – The Frisco ISD is moving to a virtual environment for the first three weeks of the 2020-21 school year, due to what it says is the “rapidly changing stiuation with COV...
Jul 17, 2020
Investigators: Texas Military Couple Defrauded Army Out of Millions
DALLAS (AP) – Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas. Investigators allege that the pair used perso...
Jul 17, 2020
Cooling Stations Open Across North Texas Providing Fans, Water, PPE and Food
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Salvation Army and Reliant Energy have opened 13 cooling stations across North Texas to help the community combat high heat exposure. Hundreds of cars looped around the Salvati...
Jul 16, 2020
Dallas County Health Orders all Schools to Postpone In-Person Learning
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Health Department is ordering all schools, public and private, to postpone in person learning until after September 8th. Dallas health officials released an order...
Jul 16, 2020
