Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Worldwide: Texas is the 11th Most Active COVID-19 Hotspot
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. COVID-19 cases soared past 3-million Wednesday, accounting for 25% of the world case count for a country that comprises only 4% of world’s population. In Texas, co...
Jul 09, 2020
Garland Police: Burglar Suspects Enter Woman’s Home Using COVID-19-Tainted Water Scam
Garland, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Garland Police are looking for several men who allegedly burglarized a home after fooling a woman into believing her water may be contaminated with COVID-19. Police say...
Jul 09, 2020
Texas Resumes Executions After 5-month Delay Due to Pandemic
Billy Joe Wardlow, Texas Dept. of Corrections HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, endi...
Jul 09, 2020
Texas GOP Chair: “Our State Convention will Continue Unimpeded”
James Dickey (Facebook) AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Republican Party of Texas responded late Wednesday to the City of Houston’s decision to cancel the party’s convention, which was plan...
Jul 08, 2020
Lake Worth Nursing Home Residents Being Evacuated After Multiple Test Positive for COVID-19
Courtesy of WFAA-TV LAKE WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A Lake Worth nursing home has been hit hard by COVID-19. 63 residents at the Lake Worth nursing home in the 4200 block of Wells Drive are being relocat...
Jul 08, 2020
Auto Show Industry Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
PHOTO: WFAA DFW (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled almost all large public gathering events throughout the state. One string of events that has been hit particularly hard is auto sho...
Jul 08, 2020
Dallas County Woman in her 20’s Dies from COVID-19, Case Count Rises
CDC DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The continued spread of COVID-19 in Texas was evident again Wednesday when state and local officials released daily case counts. Dallas County Health and Human Services ...
Jul 08, 2020
Houston Scraps Texas GOP’s In-person Convention due to Virus
Courtesy Republican Party of Texas HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Houston city officials announced Wednesday that they have canceled the Texas GOP’s in-person convention set for next week amid conc...
Jul 08, 2020
Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Aid if Schools Don’t Reopen
CNN File Photo WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall. He says the guidelines his own federal health official...
Jul 08, 2020
The State Fair of Texas is Canceled, but Rivalry Cotton Bowl Games are Still a Go
(WFAA) Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Fair of Texas may be canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a couple of classic college football match-ups that are typically played during...
Jul 08, 2020
