FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Trinity Episcopal Church has closed and canceled services after a church leader tested positive for the Coronavirus. Late Tuesday, March 10, leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth and Trinity Episcopal Church learned that the Rev. Dr. Robert Pace, rector of Trinity Episcopal, has the first presumptive positive case…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – TCU administrators announced Wednesday that the University is extending Spring Break through the week of March 16 – 20 and will move from in-person instruction to online classes beginning March 23 – April 3. According to the University, while there are no cases of COVID-19 on the TCU campus, the move is…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County successfully completed the recount of the 44 ballot boxes on Wednesday, as approved this week by a district judge. Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole requested to reopen the central counting station to recount and re-tabulate 44 thumb drives from the March 3 Democratic and Republican Primary Elections. “Following today’s recount, all ballots…… MORE
(AP) – NCAA President Mark Emmert says NCAA Division I basketball tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Emmert says he made the decision to conduct both the men’s and women’s tournaments with only essential staff and limited family in attendance. The decision comes…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The annual Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Block Party on Greenville Avenue was canceled Wednesday amid growing concerns over the potential spread of coronavirus. The parade was scheduled for Saturday. According to the City of Dallas, Dallas County Health and Human Services and city leaders conducted a thorough review of the…… MORE
ROME (WBAP/KLIF News) – The World Health Organization has declared the global coronavirus crisis a pandemic. The move comes as states across the United States are working to implement protocols to deal with the growing number of cases. Washington state is the hardest hit, with at least 24 deaths and 267 confirmed cases across 10…… MORE
NEW YORK (WBAP/KLIF News) – A New York judge sentenced disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. A jury convicted him last month of raping a woman in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on another woman in his apartment…… MORE
Airlines are slashing flights, freezing hiring and parking planes to cope with a stunning drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations caused by fear over the new virus outbreak. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says the outbreak might be worse for airlines than the terror attacks of 2001. An industry trade group believes it…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has pitched his proposed payroll tax break on Capitol Hill as pressure mounts on the administration and Congress to work more vigorously to contain the coronavirus outbreak and respond to the financial fallout. Trump’s economic team joined in presenting the economic stimulus package privately to wary Senate Republicans. They’ve…… MORE
UPDATED: 9:08 AM Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Two more schools in North Texas schools have canceled classes because of coronavirus. Ursuline Academy of Dallas and St. Rita’s school, both say that a member of the extended school community tested ‘presumed positive’ for the virus. St. Rita’s is part of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. All Sporting…… MORE
