Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Carter BloodCare Hosts Blood Drives Throughout DFW to Help with Blood Shortage
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Cater BloodCare hosts several blood drives throughout the Metroplex Memorial Day Weekend to help combat the limited supply. Linda Goelzer with Carter BloodCare said they are facing...
May 21, 2020
IKEA gifts $20,000 donation to the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas to support emergency childcare program
Provided by YMCA Dallas DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-IKEA locations in Frisco and Grand Prairie teamed up to provide $20,000 in play essentials for North Texas children enrolled in the YMCA's COVID-19 Emergency...
May 21, 2020
Governor Abbott Announces Limited Reopening Of Driver License Offices
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin a phased opening of driver license offices starting May 26 with limited serv...
May 21, 2020
Governor Reverses Executive Order on Travel
AUSTIN(WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued an executive order terminating air travel restrictions that were put in place because of the Covid 19 pandemic. The previous executive o...
May 21, 2020
Firefighters Respond to the Call to Test Nursing Homes for COVID-19
WYLIE (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas communities at a high risk of spreading COVID-19 continue to experience increased testing, as promised by state leaders. Based on Governor Greg Abbott's directive to te...
May 21, 2020
Record Low Travel Expected For Memorial Day Weekend
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) -Travel for this upcoming Memorial Day weekend is expected to be at an all time low despite gas prices being more than a dollar less than they were this time last year. “Even ...
May 21, 2020
Senate Confirms Ratcliffe as National Intelligence Chief
Courtesy CNN WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has confirmed Congressman John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, installing a new head of the nation’s intelligence agencies at a ti...
May 21, 2020
Nearly 39 Million have Sought US Jobless Aid since Virus Hit
For the ninth week in a row, millions of Americans filed for initial unemployment benefits. Even as the economy is beginning to reopen in parts of the country, layoffs and furloughs have taken hold of...
May 21, 2020
FBI says Texas Naval Base Shooting is ‘terrorism-related’
Courtesy PhotoU.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Updated 5/21/20: (Associated Press) The FBI says a shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead is being investigate...
May 21, 2020
Texas Congressman to Become New Director of National Intelligence
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Republican representative John Ratcliffe will almost certainly become President Trump’s newest Director of National Intelligence today. The U.S. Senate will ...
May 21, 2020
