DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County extended its ‘stay at home’ order on Friday. The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted 4 to 1 to extend the disaster declaration until May 20 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins later prolonged the county’s ‘safer at home order’ to April 30. The order requires non-essential businesses to…… MORE
FORT WORTH – Fort Worth Independent School District says it will give students a pass or fail grade for their work away from school during the Covid 19 pandemic, in which classes are canceled. Details of the unusual grading system at this time have been sent to parents and are posted on the district’s website.…… MORE
0:29 — In today’s KLIFnotes: the White House could be issuing guidelines soon recommending wearing masks in public, a Texas city is fining people for NOT wearing masks, and the Philippines says they’ll SHOOT people who don’t stay in their homes. Oh, and Nancy Pelosi being Nancy Pelosi… 9:10 — A good night’s sleep is…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Small Business Administration website is live for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis to apply for emergency loans. The application process can also be completed on local chambers of commerce websites, according to Trey Bowles with The Dallas Entrepreneurs Center (The DEC). Bowles strongly suggests that business owners…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the DFW metroplex has surpassed 1,500. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 100 additional positive cases on Thursday, bringing the total case count in Dallas County to 831. That’s nearly three-times as many cases than any other county in North Texas. The 16th and 17th deaths…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Ford Motor Company has halted production on vehicles and engines but United Auto Workers in plants are now producing face shields and ventilators for area hospitals. So far, Ford has produced over 30,000 FDA approved face shields to health care workers in DFW. “We anticipate to produce more as the need arises and hospitals are reaching out…… MORE
0:29 — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar joined Amy and Scott to talk about how the Trump administration is handling the Coronavirus pandemic, an update on medicine to fight it, and how working with the President throughout it has been. 10:27 — Gun shops have been deemed essential businesses, and sales continue to…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – After sending needed medical supplies to North Korea, Italy and Iran in early March, Russia this week sent the United States medical equipment to help fight the coronavirus pandemic; that, after a conversation between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to reports, there is some mystery involved with where the supplies…… MORE
0:29 — Folks could be close to losing their minds while either quarantined or sheltering-in-place, so let’s have a therapy session! Therapist Elizabeth Scrivner talks to us about how to manage these tough times effectively! 9:46 — Amy and Scott found a list of 100 things to do to keep you busy during this pandemic,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is urging Americans to heed his administration’s guidelines for responding to the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “a matter of life and death.” The president’s warning on Tuesday came with new projections that there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. even if social distancing guidelines are maintained.…… MORE
