Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – Former game show host Chuck Woolery has reportedly deleted his Twitter account after facing backlash over a recent tweets made about COVID-19. Earlier this week the former ‘Love Connection’ host and Trump supporter suggested that the CDC, the media, Democrats and doctors were “lying about COVID-19 to make sure Trump lost the election.”…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth based American Airlines is teaming up with discount carrier JetBlue. In an email sent to AAdvantage frequent flier members, the airlines said the agreement will let you “get to your destination with ease by booking a single ticket with either airline for one-stop check-in and seamless connections.” Beginning in…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – An online petition has garnered over 83,000 signatures in calling for the Texas Education Association to allow e-learning exclusively during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers are particularly angered by the recent announcement that the TEA that members will be working from home until January, while educators and students are expected back to schools…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — One national retailer will hand out pink slips to around a thousand of its employees. JC Penney is cutting about 1,000 jobs after the effects of COVID-19. The retailer said Wednesday the eliminated jobs will include corporate, field management and international positions. The Plano-based company filed for bankruptcy protection in May and plans…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Lone Star State reported almost 10,800 new cases of COVID-19 and 110 fatalities, Wednesday. Nearly 2,200 new cases in the Metroplex were fueled by Dallas county’s 1,055 new infections and Tarrant county’s 857 additional positives. Collin and Denton counties combined to report 285 new cases of the Coronavirus. Those numbers pushed North Texas…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Attorney’s representing the family of a 17-month-old Fort Worth baby are requesting a new doctor to be allowed to treat her. Tinslee Lewis has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center for 10 months and has been hospitalized since birth with severe lung and heart problems. Tinslee has been in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- During Tuesday’s Primary Runoff Election, Fort Worth Voters approved to renew a long standing sales tax that helps fund the Fort Worth Police Department. This half a cent sales tax will help fund a Crime Control and Prevention District Grant, which funds at least 24% of the department’s budget. This tax will…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that his Public Safety Office will provide $41 million in federal funds to assist cities and counties throughout the COVID-19 response. These funds come from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program authorized by the federal Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations Act. The first…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –Paola Castillo, 24, of North Richland Hills, is going home after being hospitalized for 79 days at Medical City North Hills with COVID-19. She arrived in the emergency department with difficulty breathing, a cough and fever on April 27. Her road to recovery is said to be far from over after discharge. Castillo was close…… MORE
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating at home. The first-term Republican governor made the announcement Wednesday. The 48-year-old Stitt has backed one of the country’s most aggressive reopening plans, has resisted any statewide mandate on masks and rarely wears one…… MORE
