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
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Plano has reported its first presumptive positive for COVID-19. “We were alerted by the Collin County Health Department. They’re reporting that a 47-year-old Plano woman has tested presumptive positive for novel coronavirus (COVID 19). The woman has no underlying health conditions, is self-isolating in her home, and is…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Safety officials are investigating how a 12 inch crack developed in the skin of a Boeing 737 jet operated by Southwest Airlines. The plane gradually lost cabin pressure on the flight, but pilots flew down lower where the pressure was safe, and completed the flight from Las Vegas to Boise, Idaho. The…… MORE
Arlington, VA (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal magistrate in Virginia has denied bond to an accused neo-Nazi from Texas who prosecutors say was planning to report phony bomb threats to terrorize a number of targets including an unnamed former cabinet official, and a black church in Virginia. 26 year old John Denton of Montgomery, Texas is…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) DALLAS COUNTY, TX — Dallas County is trying to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Judge Clay Jenkins initiated an order to ban gatherings of 250 or more to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Dallas county. He further stated the county strongly discouraged group gatherings of ten persons or more belonging to the at-risk…… MORE
UPDATE: DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – Dallas County announces it’s 10th and 11th presumptive positive patients for Covid 19. Both cases are reported to be men, one in his 40s; another in his 30s; one connected to international travel and the second to travel on a cruise ship. Both men are reported as self isolating at…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) has identified a second and third presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in Tarrant County. The second case had traveled from Europe where exposure had occurred and is not related to the county’s first COVID-19 case. The third case is a contact of a Collin County case who…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Assisted living and retirement communities are taking extra steps to limit coronavirus exposure to the high-risk elderly community. Misty Miller COO of Fort Worth-based Civitas, a company that operates assisted living facilities throughout the state, says all facilities are screening staff members and residents every day and you cannot enter the building if your…… MORE
WBAP/KLIF – As the city of Dallas bans the gathering of large groups, four lead organizations working with homeless populations are calling on the city to provide self isolation spaces for possible Covid 19 homeless victims. OurCalling, The Bridge, Austin Street Shelter and Stew Pot representatives met Friday to discuss CDC suggestions to Americans to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday several new actions the state is taking to mitigate the spread of the virus, including declaring a State of Disaster in all Texas counties. “From the very beginning, our number one objective has been to implement preventative strategies that build on our state’s existing public…… MORE
