Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News
MedStar has a new Coronavirus testing program
Fort Worth (AP) – A North Texas ambulance provider is partnering with health officials so its paramedics can go into homes and perform Coronavirus testing on previously screened patients. Specia...
Mar 28, 2020
Texas man faces federal charges for threatening government officials
Wichita falls (AP) – Authorities say a Texas man faces federal charges after he made online posts threatening Democrats, including U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Gavin Weslee Blake Perry of Wi...
Mar 28, 2020
Gorilla dies at Dallas Zoo
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The patriarch of the Dallas Zoo's gorilla family troop has died. Subira was 24, and had been a resident of the zoo for 6 years. The zoo says he died of heart disease. The Da...
Mar 28, 2020
Relief Fund Set Up to Help Tarrant County Creative Workers Effected by COVID-19
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Tarrant County citizens in creative fields such as music, visual arts, and film are might be able to receive help if they have lost work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Mar 27, 2020
University of North Texas Student Tests Positive for COVID-19
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- A student at the University of North Texas has tested positive for COVID-19. The student recently returned from a spring break trip to New Orleans. They live in a Denton apart...
Mar 27, 2020
Mark Cuban Applauds Bipartisanship, Encourages Leaders to Lead
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban joined WBAP and KLIF Radio Friday for a town hall discussion surrounding the impact of the spread of coronavirus on small businesses. The...
Mar 27, 2020
MedStar and Tarrant County Public Health Partner for In-Home COVID-19 Testing
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – A partnership between MedStar and Tarrant County Public Health is sending specially trained MedStar personnel into resident's homes who are being monitored for COVID-19,...
Mar 27, 2020
AG Paxton: Local Governments Must Allow the Sale of Firearms
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal opinion Friday regarding the sale of firearms in Texas municipalities and counties. The opinion concludes that municipal and...
Mar 27, 2020
VIDEO: Principals at EMS ISD Ensure Students Prom and Graduation Still On, Back Up Dates Provided
SAGINAW (WBAP/KLIF)-Principals at Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD made a video ensuring students that Graduations and Proms Scheduled for early May have not yet been cancelled due to COVID-19, and backup d...
Mar 27, 2020
Suspected price gouger slammed in Houston
Houston (AP) – The state of Texas has filed suit against a Houston auctioneer, accusing him of price-gouging in his auctioning of 750,000 medical-grade and N95 face masks. The lawsuit filed Thur...
Mar 27, 2020
