(WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas based corporation is ramping up its production of personal protective equipment to assist members of the medical community on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday a new partnership between the Texas Military Department and North Richland Hills based Prestige Ameritech to increase the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – More than 2,500 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the DFW metroplex and at least 50 people have died, but beds and ventilators are still readily available at many local hospitals. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 63 additional positive cases on Wednesday, bringing the total case count in Dallas…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, has ended his presidential bid. His announcement Wednesday is an acknowledgment that the former vice president is too far ahead for him to have any reasonable hope of…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a 12-year-old San Antonio girl who police believe may be in grave or immediate danger. The San Antonio Police Department said Amisty Serenity Danielle Monrreal is Hispanic, 5″, 90 lbs., has brown hair with highlights and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing…… MORE
Dallas – Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – E-learning prevails for many school districts around the nation, including the DWF area, as the coronavirus emergency continues. Online learning kicked in for many school districts as COVID-19 cases increased, and more shelter-at-home orders were initiated. The seemingly seamless transition to online classes for thousands of school kids makes…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — Two Texas prisons have been locked down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, while inmates at other facilities are making masks to fight the pandemic. Nearly 1,000 people have been confined to their cells on medical restriction at the Rufe Jordan Unit, in the Texas Panhandle, along with more than 1,100…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) President Donald Trump removed Glenn Fine, the acting inspector general for the Defense Department, from his post. The action means that Fine will not chair the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee tasked with overseeing 2-trillion dollars in emergency coronavirus funding. Glenn Fine is the acting Defense Department inspector general. He was selected last month…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Denton State Supported Living Center is coming under fire from employees claiming they were forced to care for COVID-19 infected patients or turn in their resignation. Former employee Bukola Amodu has an underlying health condition and was given the ultimatum when she wouldn’t care for infected residents. Amodu resigned due to the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex is just shy of 2,500 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and nearing 50 deaths. Dallas County still has more than twice the number of COVID-19 cases than any other North Texas county with 1,261. Tarrant County reported 517, Denton with 366, and Collin county lists 343 infected residents. The death toll sits…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — More than 700 North Texas airline employees are positive for Coronavirus. Southwest flight attendants union leader Lynn Montgomery says attendants need proper equipment and planes require more frequent cleaning. The union is appealing to the FAA and OSHA. 100 American Airlines flight attendants and 600 Southwest workers have tested positive for Coronavirus. Montgomery…… MORE
