Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decrease
Austin (AP) – The number of people in Texas hospitalized with the coronavirus has declined after topping 9,000 this week for the first time since summer. The Texas health department on Saturday ...
Dec 06, 2020
Oil Tank Explosion Injures 7
Corpus Christi, (WBAP/KLIF) – Seven contract workers were injured Saturday when a storage tank exploded at a petroleum facility in Corpus Christi. Four of the victims were critically injured. Ma...
Dec 06, 2020
COVID-19 Cases Increase, But Mortality Rate Decreases
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Dallas-Fort Worth area continues to add large numbers of coronavirus cases to the overall infection total. Dallas county reported another nearly 1,700 coronavirus positive test...
Dec 05, 2020
Irving Car Wash Employee Killed In Freak Accident
Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – An employee at an Irving car wash was killed Friday afternoon in a freak accident. Police say the 39 year old employee was caught in some machinery at Wash Masters Car Wash ...
Dec 05, 2020
Republicans Concerned About Biden’s Cabinet Nominees
(WBAP/KLIF) — Proposed President-elect Joe Biden continues the process of filling cabinet positions before his expected inauguration on January 20th. Some of the nominations have raised the eyeb...
Dec 05, 2020
Cornyn Believes President Has Run Out of Time
(WBAP/KLIF) — President Trump’s battle to win the election through the court system has not produced any substantial victories. Lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona have been stru...
Dec 05, 2020
DFW Participants Wanted for Covid 19 Vaccine Clinical Trial
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Although Covid 19 vaccines are just around the corner research is still going on. The drug maker Astra Zeneca is looking for 250 north Texans to participate in its phase III...
Dec 04, 2020
Multi-Million Dollar Fountain Under Construction at Dallas Park
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) - Klyde Warren Park in Dallas announced this week that construction will begin on a next-generation, interactive 'super-fountain,' planned with far taller and more exciting jets tha...
Dec 04, 2020
Salvation Army North Texas Extends Angel Tree Program Deadline, Thousands of Angels Need Adoption
[photo courtesy of The Salvation Army]NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Salvation Army North Texas has extended its deadline for its Angel Tree Program to allow citizens to help make a child in...
Dec 04, 2020
Economy Added 245,000 Jobs in OCT, Much Lower Than Predicted; Jobless Rate Ticks Down 6.9 to 6.7%
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – America’s employers scaled back their hiring last month as the viral pandemic accelerated across the country, adding 245,000 jobs, the...
Dec 04, 2020
