DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A rise in COVID-19 cases is taking its total on North Texas hospitals. Per Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order, COVID-19 restrictions and closures come with a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of 15%. DFW Hospital Council CEO Steve Love said Thursday that the trauma service area that includes the metroplex is getting close to…… MORE
LUBBOCK (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with local officials on Thursday in Lubbock to provide an update on the distribution of bamlanivimab, the Eli Lilly & Company monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19. According to the Governor, the Texas Department of State Health Services has allocated an initial shipment of bamlanivimab to acute care…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –If you are looking for work, UPS is hiring. The shipping giant is looking to fill 1,200 seasonal jobs in DFW. Pay will run between $14.50 and $21 per hour depending on the position. Online shopping is expected to be gangbusters this year due to Covid-19. UPS said it’s not unusual for seasonal…… MORE
More than 400 employees have been told they could be furloughed in January if they do not agree to a 10 percent cut in pay. The furlough warnings were issued to members of the Mechanics Fraternal Association that represents mechanics, maintenance technicians and employees who clean the planes. Southwest, which is still trying to recover…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas schools will have access to a $420 million reimbursement program to help students continue to learn virtually as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Governor Abbott announced Wednesday the money will help reimburse costs for WiFi hot spots and eLearning devices such as laptops, tablets and Chromebooks for he 2019-2020 school year. The…… MORE
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is likely slowing the economy and forcing more companies to cut jobs. The Labor Department’s report Thursday showed that applications for benefits rose…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is sending medical staff to overworked hospitals by the thousands — more now than at any point during the pandemic — as a worsening surge of cases leaves virus patients waiting for beds and large public buildings were ordered shut Wednesday in one West Texas city where fire officials are…… MORE
Tarrant County (WBAP/KLIF) – As a COVID-19 surge continues across the country and across the metroplex, a long-planned ‘worst-case scenario’ plan of action was enacted this week by Tarrant County’s MedStar EMS service. The agency used its ambulances to transport patients from a crowded hospital in downtown Fort Wort to less crowded facilities elsewhere, according…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- Major League Cricket (MLC) has received approval from the City of Grand Prairie on a long-term lease agreement to begin an extensive redevelopment of AirHogs Stadium as the organization’s first major cricket stadium in the United States. The parent company of MLC, American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) — in cooperation with USA Cricket, the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday to provide direct support to the Dallas Police Department in their efforts to reduce violent crime and protect the communities in the city of Dallas. At least 220 murders have occurred in Dallas already this year, which is higher than…… MORE
