(WBAP/KLIF) — Tarrant County is quickly approaching Dallas County as the hot spot for COVID-19. Tarrant County health officials report 129 new cases of the disease, while Dallas county reported 80. Collin County had 25 news cases, while Denton confirmed 17 additional residents infected. Overall, Dallas county still has the most deaths related to COVID-19…… MORE
DALLAS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins gave an update on the counties fight against COVID-19 Thursday. One of the main topics of discussion was religious gatherings. While they are permitted amid the pandemic, Jenkins and other officials still recommend following CDC guidelines by holding online services. “The Dallas county emergency management department,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Despite a statewide stay at home order, it’s back to business on Friday for a Dallas salon. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is expected to loosen restrictions on many businesses next month but one salon owner isn’t waiting any longer. Shelley Luther owns Salon A La Mode in North Dallas, which has been shutdown since…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Pizza Patron is donating $20,000 to CitySquare Food Pantry on Friday, to help the agency purchase more food and cover some operational expenses for services while continuing to help the hungry through the Covid 19 pandemic. CitySquare’s John Siburt says more food must be purchased to continue to help the hungry,…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)-Reliant is donating $25,000 to the MedStar Mobile Healthcare Foundation to support first responders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The donation is a part of Reliant’s support across the state of Texas and parent company, NRG Energy, Inc.’s, $2 million donation to pandemic relief efforts. “We are…… MORE
DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – The founder and CEO of Sando Capital Partners says he’s used Asian business connections to land 13,000 Personal Protective Equipment masks from China that will be donated Friday to UT Southwestern Medical Center, the Dallas based restaurant group 8.0, and Southwest Airlines flight attendants. Sando says he located a Chinese manufacturer…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, almost unanimously rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs. House lawmakers gathered in Washington for the first time since March 27,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Law enforcement was patrolling the Katy Trail Thursday afternoon as alphabetical guidelines took effect to prevent further spread of COVID-19. To manage the increasing number of Katy Trail users and encourage physical distancing the outbreak, Dallas Park and Recreation implemented a trail management strategy that gives visitors access to the trail on…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A North Texas father is amid a legal battle that could re-write custody laws in Texas. A Denton County father, Chris, is fighting to keep his 5 year old daughter, Ann. Ann’s mother was tragically killed in a car accident in 2018. The mother and father have been separated, and the father was previously granted…… MORE
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames said she did not violate the city’s stay-at-home order when she visited a closed nail shop. After a picture that circulated social media sparked criticism of the mayor showing her nails soaking in a bowl, Mayor Ames explained she wasn’t getting a manicure but was soaking her…… MORE
