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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

Financial Help is on the Way for Local Airlines and Airports

Financial Help is on the Way for Local Airlines and Airports

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Help is on the way for major U.S. airlines after acceptance of the government’s terms to receive billions of aid and keep hundreds of thousands of employees on the payrolls. The package includes a combination of grants – which the airlines do not need to pay back – and low-interest loans, which…MORE

Plano Based Theater Chain Lays Off Thousands

Plano Based Theater Chain Lays Off Thousands

Plano (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano based Cinemark is laying off 17,500 hourly workers due to the coronavirus epidemic.  In addition, the company furloughed about half the employees who work at the Plano headquarters at 20% of their pay.  Other employees are taking 50% pay cuts. The company also plans to sell $250 million in debt securities. Most…MORE

Donate to Dallas County COVID Response Fund

Donate to Dallas County COVID Response Fund

(WBAP/KLIF) — As Dallas County nears 1,900 cases of COVID-19, medical professionals hope enough supplies remain on hand.  Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced, Tuesday, that the community is coming together in response to dwindling medical supplies. The Dallas County COVID response Fund has generated donations to purchase personal protective equipment and sanitizer.  Also, investment…MORE

Latest Metroplex COVID-19 Totals

Latest Metroplex COVID-19 Totals

(WBAP/KLIF) — The D-F-W area is closing in on 100 deaths due to COVID-19.  The total number of those killed by the Coronavirus in the Metroplex is 95. According to Dallas County health expert Phil Huang, 10 deaths is a single-day high for the county. Dallas county has 42 total COVID-19 deaths, Tarrant County 29,…MORE