TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF)- The Tarrant County Public Health Director issues new guidance for Tarrant County schools. Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja said looking at the data, all of the county’s Covid-19 key indicators are trending up, including hospitalizations. “At this rate, schools should be preparing to make the switch to virtual learning,” said…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott gave county judges, in counties with a hospitalization rate of 15% or less, the ability to reopen bars to 50% capacity starting Wednesday. Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley said it was time to reopen from Coronavirus restrictions. Collin County and Denton County also decided they would let bars open…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Melania Trump says her 14-year-old son, Barron, has tested positive for the coronavirus but has no symptoms. The White House initially said he had tested negative, after both of his parents tested positive earlier this month. The first lady said Wednesday that subsequent testing showed Barron had also come down with COVID-19.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Fidelity investments plans to hire 550 financial advisers, licensed representatives and customer service workers in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company says the jobs are needed due to increased trading activity and pandemic-related demand for financial services. The new hiring round comes only a few months after the company announced it would add some…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is presenting herself as a judge with deeply held personal and religious beliefs, but one who vows to keep an “open mind” on cases coming to the court. She faced a final round of questioning Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans champion her conservative approach…… MORE
NEW BOSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Family, friends and community members are rallying around an East Texas family whose loved one was killed in a gruesome murder-for-baby plot. New Boston Police said 22-year-old Reagan Hancock was killed and her baby was cut from her womb last Friday by someone she considered a to be a friend.…… MORE
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is back before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a third day of her confirmation hearings Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is back before the Senate Judiciary Committee to face more questions from senators at her confirmation hearing. Tuesday’s session lasted nearly 12 hours. Barrett declined to voice an…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police officers made a daring rescue last night to rescue a woman who reportedly drove her car into a lake at William Blair Jr. Park. Police say several officers formed a human chain to pull a man and woman from the car that was submerged. Officers then performed CPR on the…… MORE
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys signed quarterback Garrett Gilbert off Cleveland’s practice squad Tuesday after Dak Prescott’s season-ending ankle injury. Gilbert played at Texas and SMU before he was drafted by the Rams, who were then in St. Louis, in the sixth round in 2014. Dallas is the seventh organization for Gilbert, who…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission has reinstated the work search requirement for for people receiving unemployment benefits. TWC spokesman Cisco Gamez says the information must be submitted beginning with the November 15th claim. “To be eligible for benefits claimants will need to register at workintexas.com; if you live another state you must…… MORE
