U.S. (Associated Press) – The job numbers are out for March and paint a grim picture of the economic outlook in the United States due to the coronavirus outbreak. Employers cut 701,000 jobs ending a 10-year streak of hiring. The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% from a 50-year low of 3.5%. Analysts predict last months…… 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
UPDATED 5:34AM: Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police say two girls who were the subject of an Amber Alert last night were found safe around overnight. The Amber Alert was for two sisters, ages 2 and 3 who were in the back seat of a car when it was stolen; a third child, believed to be…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) –Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins,Thursday, announced new orders for the county’s emergency declaration. The new precautions have been included to assist out of work families and limit COVID-19 exposure Dallas County capped late fees for rent at $15 a month, added safety rules for manufacturers and distributors, and required essential business employees to work from…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex has topped 16-hundred cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dallas County now has 831 Coronavirus cases, nearly 3-times as many as any other North Texas county. Judge Clay Jenkins reported the new numbers during a Thursday night press conference. jenkins also reported 100 new cases for the second day in a row. Tarrant…… MORE
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she selected former Dallas police Chief David Brown to be the next police superintendent of the nation’s third-largest city. Lightfoot introduced Brown during a Thursday afternoon news conference. Brown has more than 30 years in law enforcement and was the police chief in Dallas before his 2016…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texans braved long lines on Thursday to receive help from the North Texas Food Bank as the economy continues to feel the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Cars lined up for miles outside Fair Park as box after box of food donations were unloaded off a truck and handed out to…… 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)- The U.S. Department of Justice is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus legislation signed by President Trump, will allow eligible state and local governments to apply immediately for these…… 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
