(WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As the Coronavirus continues to rattle the world the Federal Reserve has taken action and cut interest rates from 1% to 0% in an attempt to save the economy from the negative effects. This is the most dramatic move made by the reserve since 2008. President Donald Trump thinks this was a good…… MORE
KXAS AUSTIN – KXAS TV in Austin reports U T Austin President Greg Fenves awaits test results for the corona virus. The station reports he began experiencing fever about the same time his wife was confirmed as positive. Fenves sent a letter to students declaring Friday’s classes cancelled, amid the first U T Austin community…… MORE
WBAP/KLIF – Dallas County Sunday reported another 3 people testing presumptive positive for the Covid 19 virus that is sweeping the world as a true pandemic. Collin County’s City of Plano has it’s second reported case for a total of 7 cases in Collin County. The count in Dallas County as of midday Sunday is…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – Long lines of international travelers anxious to return to the United States ahead of a complete stop of all flights to and from Europe are being reported at 13 airports designated by federal officials to screen international travelers for the Covid 19 virus. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is one of the…… MORE
Dallas police are trying to figure out what touched off an early Saturday morning shooting inside the Dallas Cabaret South near Walnut Hill Lane and I-35E. The first officers on the scene found a man in the parking lot carrying a rifle. They quickly determined he was not involved. They found a woman inside the…… MORE
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) – Police in Killeen say three people have been found shot to death inside an apartment in the central Texas city. Police Commander Ronnie Supak says officers investigating water leaking into an apartment early Saturday traced the source to an unlocked apartment, where they found two men and a woman dead. No…… MORE
FORT WORTH – WBAP/KLIF – Tarrant County announced it’s fourth positive case of Covid 19, with testing at a private lab. Officials say the fourth case is a resident of Tarrant County, and is a close contact to the American AIrlines pilot who tested positive earlier last week. That pilot was determined to be an…… MORE
TWITTER – WBAP/KLIF – A group of North Texas school districts has sent a Tweet with a photograph of a letter being sent to Governor Gregg Abbott and Commissioner Mike Morath of the TEA asking them to cancel this year’s STAAR tests for students. Concern about the spread of Covid -19 is in play; mindful…… MORE
CNN – A well known Chinese businessman and politician, Jack Ma, says he’ll donate one million face masks and a half million Covid 19 testing kits to the United States. Ma says they are ready to be delivered. He’s previously donated one million masks to Japan, trying to ship another million masks to Iran, and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Due to the coronavirus many people are being asked to work from home.Telecommunications giant Comcast said it wants to help support that by offering 60 days of free broadband internet service to qualifying new & existing customers. Beginning Monday March 16th the company said it will offer its Internet Essentials Plan…… MORE
