MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – COVID-19 precautions are in place on McKinney ISD school buses but the district is advising parents that social distancing on those buses just isn’t possible. According to district spokesman Cody Cunningham, about 65-percent of students in McKinney ISD are back in the classroom. Half of the student population rides the bus on average.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Tarrant County Public Health has released a school data “dashboard” to help school leadership and residents better understand the COVID-19 metrics in their areas. According to TCPH, the majority of Tarrant County schools are now at a point where they could consider a hybrid learning model. “The new dashboard, along with our existing…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The removal of electric scooters from Dallas streets is bringing confusion to City Hall. The Dallas Transportation department recently made the decision to suspend the city’s scooter program which the city council voted earlier this year to continue. The move comes after complaints of late night joy rides impacting public safety in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – With a lowering number of COVID-19 cases in North Texas, the local economy is slowly starting to show trends of recovery, but a long road is still ahead. Fort Worth Mayor Betsy price told a panel of her peers during this month’s ‘Texas Tribune Festival’ that evidence is seen in recent sales…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of laid-off Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to roughly 880,000 last week, a sign of possible improvement but evidence that the viral pandemic keeps forcing many businesses to slash jobs. The latest figures, released Thursday by the Labor Department, suggest that nearly six months after the eruption of the…… MORE