WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, almost unanimously rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs. House lawmakers gathered in Washington for the first time since March 27,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Law enforcement was patrolling the Katy Trail Thursday afternoon as alphabetical guidelines took effect to prevent further spread of COVID-19. To manage the increasing number of Katy Trail users and encourage physical distancing the outbreak, Dallas Park and Recreation implemented a trail management strategy that gives visitors access to the trail on…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A North Texas father is amid a legal battle that could re-write custody laws in Texas. A Denton County father, Chris, is fighting to keep his 5 year old daughter, Ann. Ann’s mother was tragically killed in a car accident in 2018. The mother and father have been separated, and the father was previously granted…… MORE
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames said she did not violate the city’s stay-at-home order when she visited a closed nail shop. After a picture that circulated social media sparked criticism of the mayor showing her nails soaking in a bowl, Mayor Ames explained she wasn’t getting a manicure but was soaking her…… MORE
Undated (AP) – A barrel of oil now costs less than a cheap bottle of wine. Oil tanks are filling up and producers are finding there’s nowhere to put the once-valuable commodity as global demand craters and prices sink to new lows. U.S. benchmark crude was trading around $6.50 a barrel Tuesday. That’s more than…… MORE
MADILL, Okla. (AP) — Severe weather was moving through Mississippi early Thursday after apparent tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, where five deaths included a trailer factory worker whose body was found a quarter mile from his workplace. The worker was killed in southern Oklahoma’s Marshall County, where the storm hit Madill,…… MORE
Dallas – (WBAP/KLIF) – 50 Dallas firefighters battled a two alarm blaze in northeast Dallas Wednesday night. The fire destroyed a three story building at the Falls at Highpoint Apartments a block or so east of the Texas Instruments campus. All residents got out safely, and there were no injuries to residents or firefighters, but…… MORE
Onalaska (WBAP/KLIF) – The national weather service’s tornado investigators have been called to Onalaska, Texas some 90 miles north of Houston. A confirmed, powerful tornado ripped through the community Wednesday evening, killing three people and injuring 30. Polk County law enforcement reports significant damage to residential and commercial structures, as well as public infrastructure. Other…… MORE
Undated (AP) – With this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, an online spelling bee started by two teenage ex-spellers will include many of the kids who were considered favorites for the Scripps title. The SpellPundit Online National Spelling Bee will be contested the same week when the Scripps bee…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- The city of Dallas will be helping small business effected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The city is launching a five million dollar small business continuity fund, which will allow local business’ effected by the covid-19 pandemic to receive up to 10,000 dollars in grants and up to 50,000 dollars in low-cost loans.…… MORE
