Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Tarrant County Pilot Program to Screen, Schedule COVID-19 Tests
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – As part of its effort to meet the need for more COVID-19 testing, Tarrant County unveiled a new self-screening website this week. The new website, covidtesting.tarrantco...
Apr 27, 2020
Beaumont Mayor Apologizes for Nail Salon Visit Amid Stay-At-Home Order
BEAUMONT (WBAP/KLIF News) – The mayor of Beaumont apologized for violating a stay-at-home order after a photo of her surfaced on social media visiting a nail salon. After the photo spread, Mayor...
Apr 27, 2020
Will Texas’ Unemployment Benefits Fund Run Out of Money?
Glenn Hegar, Comptroller/State of Texas Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has paid out $1.7 billion dollars in unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic; some o...
Apr 27, 2020
Death Toll Rises Months After El Paso Walmart Attack
CNN Photo EL PASO, Teas (AP) – A hospital official says that a man shot in the Aug. 3 attack targeting Latinos in an El Paso Walmart has died after months in the hospital. Guillermo ‘Memo&...
Apr 27, 2020
Death Toll Rises Months After El Paso Walmart Attack
CNN Photo EL PASO, Teas (AP) – A hospital official says that a man shot in the Aug. 3 attack targeting Latinos in an El Paso Walmart has died after months in the hospital. Guillermo ‘Memo&...
Apr 27, 2020
Texas deputy dies when struck by vehicle on Interstate 35
Deputy Sheriff John Rhoden Bell County Sheriff’s Department photo TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - Authorities say a Bell County, Texas, deputy sheriff was killed early Sunday when he was struck by a vehicl...
Apr 27, 2020
Trump Says COVID Briefings ‘Not worth the effort’ Amid Backlash Over Disinfectant Comments
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – White House strategists are planning to shift President Donald Trump’s public focus from the coronavirus to the burgeoning efforts ai...
Apr 27, 2020
Suspect in Girlfriend’s Shooting, Reportedly Shot & Killed By Deputies At A North Texas Buc-ee’s
DENTON, Texas (AP) – A man sought as a suspect in the shooting of his girlfriend was shot dead by deputies outside a North Texas travel center. The incident happened around midday outside Buc-ee...
Apr 26, 2020
Dallas Based Business Claimed “Ozone Therapy” As Treatment for COVID-19, U.S. Attorney Calls it “Fraudulent”
DALLAS (AP) – Federal prosecutors have obtained a permanent injunction against a Dallas-based wellness center that had been marketing a purported “ozone therapy” as a treatment for t...
Apr 26, 2020
Dallas Police Seek Help Seeking a Reported Murder Suspect
– DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas Police say they are looking for a 19 year old white man as a suspect in the murder of Kaleb Simpson at the Summerwood Cove Apartments parking lot on Mar...
Apr 26, 2020
