Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Offers Curbside Meals for Students

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Offers Curbside Meals for Students

GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE  (WBAP/KLIF News) – Students and the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District will begin learning from home next Monday, August 17th, and will be able to have access to the district’s curbside pickup meal service. The program provides families who qualify meal bundles for breakfast and lunch. The bundles will include five breakfasts, five lunches and…MORE

Texas Awaits More Guidance on Enhanced Federal Jobless Benefits

Texas Awaits More Guidance on Enhanced Federal Jobless Benefits

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission is still waiting for guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor before making changes to unemployment benefits. President Trump’s weekend executive order extends enhanced benefits by 300-hundred dollars, but the TWC and other unemployment agencies across the country have not updated their systems as they wait for possible…MORE

Texas Jury Trial Conducted Via Zoom

Texas Jury Trial Conducted Via Zoom

DALLAS (AP) — The jurors appeared on screen from their living rooms, bedrooms and home offices. Juror 11 took notes as a sheriff’s deputy testified about giving a speeding ticket. Juror 18 occasionally looked away as a white cat scampered across her couch. They gathered on a video conference call Tuesday in what Texas court…MORE

Metroplex Coronavirus Mortality Rate Drops Again

Metroplex Coronavirus Mortality Rate Drops Again

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex mortality rate for the Coronavirus has now dropped below 1.3%.  The number of cases in North Texas is approaching 106,000, while the death toll nears 1,400. Dallas county surpassed a total of over 55,500 positive tests, Tuesday, alongside 785 deaths.  Tarrant county eclipsed 34,000 with 427 deaths, while Denton and Collin…MORE