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Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival Goes Virtual Due to COVID-19

Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival Goes Virtual Due to COVID-19

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival has been rescheduled for this fall, but there’s still an opportunity to participate now in the springtime tradition. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 event has been postponed, with a tentative date in September. However, organizers are hosting a virtual Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival experience through…MORE

Collin County Establishes Economic Recovery Task Force

Collin County Establishes Economic Recovery Task Force

MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Collin County Judge Chris Hill announced this week that he has established an Economic Recovery Task Force in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “As a result of COVID-19 and the economic shutdown that has happened as a result, Collin County families are now suffering from two dangerous threats,” Judge Hill said. “First, to…MORE

City of Fort Worth Collecting Homemade Masks to Protect Essential Workers

City of Fort Worth Collecting Homemade Masks to Protect Essential Workers

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- In an effort to keep City of Fort Worth essential employees safe, The Fort Worth Public Library is hosting a collection drive for homemade masks. “We have a number of city employees who are still working directly with the public and keeping our city moving and we want to give them the…MORE

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and FTC Blast Arlington Company Over False Coronavirus Cure Claims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and FTC Blast Arlington Company Over False Coronavirus Cure Claims

ARLINGTON  (WBAP/KLIF News) – An Arlington company accused of promoting false cures for coronvirus is trying to clear its name. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Resurgence Medical Spa LLC. claimed through social media posts that it’s Vitamin C infusions can prevent and cure the deadly virus. The company’s spokesperson Kelly Wooley denied the accusation.…MORE

How a FTW Cake Maker Saved Her Business Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

How a FTW Cake Maker Saved Her Business Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – For a Fort Worth cake shop, toilet paper has been a godsend … toilet paper cakes that is. Tareka Lofton was on the verge of losing Loft 22, her wedding cake business because of the COVID-19-related shutdown, until an employee suggested doing the one thing everyone is selling out of. “We’ve…MORE