DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Walmart will open four additional COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites in Walmart parking lots in Dallas County on Friday. According to Dallas County, the sites are supported by Walmart, eTrueNorth and state and local officials to test anyone who meets CDC and state and local guidelines on who should be tested, including first responders, health…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – American theme parks are beginning to assemble plans to reopen after the coronavirus forced many of them to close in March. But, the approach is different across the industry. Disney’s Shanghai resort has reopened under limited capacity. Florida’s Universal Orlando is opening its City Walk promenade with screening measures in place. But, Six Flags theme parks…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Uber has unveiled new safety measures as cities across the country begin to reopen. Beginning Monday, the rideshare company say a driver or delivery person must take a selfie in the app to show that they are wearing a mask or face covering before they can pick up a passenger or make a…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a letter to Dallas County to correct public health orders that conflict with state orders. The letters were sent to avoid any public confusion as Texas begins to reopen. Paxton says these conflicted requirements include demands for houses of worship, restrictions on allowing essential services to operate,…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Arlington-based Evans Food Group is recalling almost 3,796 pounds of ready-to-eat pork skin products due to misbranding involving a possible allergen. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said the 10 oz. box of Mac’s Chicharrones Pork Skins Hot & Spicy Variety Pack 10 Singles contain soy and…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as the viral outbreak led more companies to slash jobs even though most states have begun to let some businesses reopen under certain restrictions. Roughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – As COVID-19 rates have increased in Texas, now over 1000 new cases in the past 5 days, a new unreleased White House report obtained by NBC News, shows coronavirus rates spiking in heartland communities. The report from by President Trump’s own White House COVID-19 Task Force shows the virus spreading far from the coasts, and…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s office has issued an amber alert for 14-year old Willow Sirmans … a white female, 3 feet tall and around 75 pounds. She has strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes with braces on her teeth. police are also looking for 21-year old Austen walker in connection with her…… MORE
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A meatpacking plant in the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday accepted the state’s offer to test employees for the coronavirus as officials try to contain a cluster of infections connected to the facility. State emergency management officials initially said JBS USA had not agreed to have the state test workers at its…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- When the Arlington ISD announced it would hold its 2020 graduation ceremonies at UT Arlington’s College Park Center last week, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) had not issued graduation procedures. Upon learning that ceremonies couldn’t be held indoors, the district immediately began working on a new graduation strategy with Charlotte Jones, executive vice…… MORE
