Category Archives: 24/7 Newsroom News
Gorilla dies at Dallas Zoo
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The patriarch of the Dallas Zoo's gorilla family troop has died. Subira was 24, and had been a resident of the zoo for 6 years. The zoo says he died of heart disease. The Da...
Mar 28, 2020
Relief Fund Set Up to Help Tarrant County Creative Workers Effected by COVID-19
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Tarrant County citizens in creative fields such as music, visual arts, and film are might be able to receive help if they have lost work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Mar 27, 2020
Mark Cuban Applauds Bipartisanship, Encourages Leaders to Lead
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban joined WBAP and KLIF Radio Friday for a town hall discussion surrounding the impact of the spread of coronavirus on small businesses. The...
Mar 27, 2020
MedStar and Tarrant County Public Health Partner for In-Home COVID-19 Testing
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A partnership between MedStar and Tarrant County Public Health is sending specially trained MedStar personnel into resident's homes who are being monitored for COVID-19,...
Mar 27, 2020
AG Paxton: Local Governments Must Allow the Sale of Firearms
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion Friday regarding the sale of firearms in Texas municipalities and counties. The opinion concludes that municipal and...
Mar 27, 2020
VIDEO: Principals at EMS ISD Ensure Students Prom and Graduation Still On, Back Up Dates Provided
SAGINAW (WBAP/KLIF)-Principals at Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD made a video ensuring students that Graduations and Proms Scheduled for early May have not yet been cancelled due to COVID-19, and backup d...
Mar 27, 2020
Fort Worth Ordinance Allows Forced Quarantine if an Infected Person is Unwilling to Self Isolate
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth City Council approved an ordinance that grants The Tarrant County Health Department the ability to quarantine a sick person through a court order, if they’...
Mar 27, 2020
President Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Rescue Package
CNN Photo WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week. The pa...
Mar 27, 2020
Suspected price gouger slammed in Houston
Houston (AP) – The state of Texas has filed suit against a Houston auctioneer, accusing him of price-gouging in his auctioning of 750,000 medical-grade and N95 face masks. The lawsuit filed Thur...
Mar 27, 2020
Are Gun Shops ‘Essential’ Businesses During a Pandemic?
In some parts of the U.S., authorities say gun shops aren't essential businesses and should close during stay-at-home orders meant to slow the coronavirus. In other places, officials are stopping back...
Mar 27, 2020
