(WBAP/KLIF) — In-person classes are canceled at a Dallas area school due to COVID-19. Richardson ISD is moving to virtual education for Brentfield elementary school after 29 students tested positive for the virus. According to RISD’s Tim Clark, the district determined that the virus has been transmitted during school activities. Brentfield elementary will go completely…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A 40 year veteran of Dallas Fire Rescue is the first Dallas firefighter to die from COVID-19. According to DFR, 62-year-old David Leos passed away on Thursday afternoon after being hospitalized with COVID since mid-July. His family said he wasn’t vaccinated for the virus. Leos leaves behind a wife, eight children, and…… MORE
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tarrant County Public Health announced on Thursday the location of numerous pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics that will be open to the public next week. According to the county, each site has the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and at times the Johnson & Johnson. Children 12 and older are eligible for a vaccination.…… MORE
The General Motors plant in Arlington will remain open… The global shortage of computer chips is causing many automakers to temporarily close factories. GM recently announced that it would pause production at eight North American plants during the next two weeks, including two that make the company’s top-selling pickup truck. Ford will also stop making…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Fire Department continues to provide assistance in the southern part of Louisiana in the aftermath of Ida, which made landfall on Sunday as a category 4 hurricane. Fort Worth firefighters, and others from across North Texas, are part of a statewide task force providing recovery help to Louisiana.…… MORE