FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Tarrant County residents will have to hold on to their masks for a while longer. Both Tarrant County and Fort Worth have extended mask requirements as COVID-19 continues to spread. “If we can just stay the course from now until maybe the end of September…hopefully we can really flatten this thing…… MORE
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- Officials say fallen power lines did not cause the fire at the Poly-America Factory in the Grand Prairie. According to statements from Oncor and the Grand Prairie Fire Department, all of Oncor’s lines were fully intact, above ground and in normal operation when the massive fire broke out last week but the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- American Airlines may have to layoff thousands of employees if they don’t get additional help from Congress. The Fort Worth-based company expects to cut 19,000 employees on October 1st due impacts from Covid-19. “The numbers are nothing short of staggering… we knew this was a possibility as demand has waned for air…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex reported nearly 800 new cases of Coronavirus along with 30 new fatalities. Dallas county announced the deaths of 24 residents on top of 217 additional positive tests of COVID-19. Tarrant county listed 411 newly infected residents and 1 additional death. Denton county health officials say 5 residents died of the virus,…… MORE
Gov. Greg Abbott is alerting all Texans within 100 miles of hurricane Laura’s projected cone to take precautions as the storm moves closer to the Texas Gulf. Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Mandatory evacuations have been put in place for Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, and Orange County along…… MORE