Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rises while Experts Insist Restrictions are Working
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Confirmed coronavirus cases in DFW continue to rise but medical experts say there is some good news with the latest numbers. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported...
Apr 15, 2020
Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival Goes Virtual Due to COVID-19
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival has been rescheduled for this fall, but there's still an opportunity to participate now in the springtime tradition. Due to COVID-19, the 2...
Apr 15, 2020
Collin County Establishes Economic Recovery Task Force
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County Judge Chris Hill announced this week that he has established an Economic Recovery Task Force in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “As a result of C...
Apr 15, 2020
City of Fort Worth Collecting Homemade Masks to Protect Essential Workers
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- In an effort to keep City of Fort Worth essential employees safe, The Fort Worth Public Library is hosting a collection drive for homemade masks. “We have a number of cit...
Apr 15, 2020
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and FTC Blast Arlington Company Over False Coronavirus Cure Claims
[Twitter photo]ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington company accused of promoting false cures for coronvirus is trying to clear its name. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Resurgenc...
Apr 15, 2020
How a FTW Cake Maker Saved Her Business Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – For a Fort Worth cake shop, toilet paper has been a godsend … toilet paper cakes that is. Tareka Lofton was on the verge of losing Loft 22, her wedding cake busine...
Apr 15, 2020
Financial Help is on the Way for Local Airlines and Airports
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Help is on the way for major U.S. airlines after acceptance of the government’s terms to receive billions of aid and keep hundreds of thousands of employees on the...
Apr 15, 2020
Plano Based Theater Chain Lays Off Thousands
Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano based Cinemark is laying off 17,500 hourly workers due to the coronavirus epidemic. In addition, the company furloughed about half the employees who work at the Plano h...
Apr 15, 2020
Donate to Dallas County COVID Response Fund
(WBAP/KLIF) — As Dallas County nears 1,900 cases of COVID-19, medical professionals hope enough supplies remain on hand. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced, Tuesday, that the community i...
Apr 15, 2020
Latest Metroplex COVID-19 Totals
(WBAP/KLIF) — The D-F-W area is closing in on 100 deaths due to COVID-19. The total number of those killed by the Coronavirus in the Metroplex is 95. According to Dallas County health expert Phi...
Apr 15, 2020
