Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
Dallas Mental Health Provider Braces for Increased Call Loads as COVID-19 Numbers Trend Upward
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Metrocare, the largest provider of mental and behavioral healthcare in Dallas County, is bracing for increased calls for assistance because of spiraling Covid-19 cases in Dallas Co...
Jul 17, 2020
Texas Leaders Announce eLearning Funding For Students
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas announced plans on Friday to allocate $200 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding to the Texas Education Agency for the pur...
Jul 17, 2020
TEA Gives Local Option for an Online-Only Start to School Year
TEA Commissioner Mike Morath AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency is giving more control to local school districts regarding the start of school. The move comes amid a continued incre...
Jul 17, 2020
Investigators: Texas Military Couple Defrauded Army Out of Millions
DALLAS (AP) – Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas. Investigators allege that the pair used perso...
Jul 17, 2020
Cooling Stations Open Across North Texas Providing Fans, Water, PPE and Food
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Salvation Army and Reliant Energy have opened 13 cooling stations across North Texas to help the community combat high heat exposure. Hundreds of cars looped around the Salvati...
Jul 16, 2020
Dallas County Health Orders all Schools to Postpone In-Person Learning
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Health Department is ordering all schools, public and private, to postpone in person learning until after September 8th. Dallas health officials released an order...
Jul 16, 2020
Federal Reserve Optimistic that Cash Shortage will End with Pandemic
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a coin shortage in the United States that the Federal Reserve says is related to the recent economic shutdown in many state’s acr...
Jul 16, 2020
Texas Restaurant Association Applauds Proposed Bill to Boost Resources for Restaurants, Food Banks
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association is applauding a bi-partisan bill proposed by Senator John Cornyn to provide more resources to restaurants and food banks during the coronavi...
Jul 16, 2020
National Association of Police Organizations Endorses President Trump
WASHINGTON D.C. (WBAP/KLIF News) – The National Association of Police Organizations has officially endorsed President Trump’s re-election campaign. In a statement, NAPO President Michael M...
Jul 16, 2020
Jobless Aid Stuck at 1.3M; Congress Eyes New Virus Aid; McConnell Says, ‘Virus is not going away’
(Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, an historicall...
Jul 16, 2020
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