Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Fort Worth Based American Teams Up With JetBlue

Fort Worth Based American Teams Up With JetBlue

Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) –  Fort Worth based American Airlines is teaming up with discount carrier JetBlue.  In an email sent to AAdvantage frequent flier members, the airlines said the agreement will let you “get to your destination with ease by booking a single ticket with either airline for one-stop check-in and seamless connections.”  Beginning in…MORE

Denton Teacher Supports Petition for E-Learning in Texas Until COVID-19 Eases

Denton Teacher Supports Petition for E-Learning in Texas Until COVID-19 Eases

Texas (WBAP/KLIF) –  An online petition has garnered over 83,000 signatures in calling for the Texas Education Association to allow e-learning exclusively during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers are particularly angered by the recent announcement that the TEA that members will be working from home until January. while educators and students are expected back to schools…MORE

JC Penney Eliminates 1,000 Jobs

JC Penney Eliminates 1,000 Jobs

(WBAP/KLIF) — One national retailer will hand out pink slips to around a thousand of its employees.  JC Penney is cutting about 1,000 jobs after the effects of COVID-19. The retailer said Wednesday the eliminated jobs will include corporate, field management and international positions.  The Plano-based company filed for bankruptcy protection in May and plans…MORE

Texas Sees Nearly 10,800 New COVID-19 Infections

Texas Sees Nearly 10,800 New COVID-19 Infections

(WBAP/KLIF) — The Lone Star State reported almost 10,800 new cases of COVID-19 and 110 fatalities, Wednesday.  Nearly 2,200 new cases in the Metroplex were fueled by Dallas county’s 1,055 new infections and Tarrant county’s 857 additional positives. Collin and Denton counties combined to report 285 new cases of the Coronavirus. Those numbers pushed North Texas…MORE

Baby Tinslee Lewis Lawyers File Motion to Allow New Doctor to Treat Her

Baby Tinslee Lewis Lawyers File Motion to Allow New Doctor to Treat Her

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Attorney’s representing the family of a 17-month-old Fort Worth baby are requesting a new doctor to be allowed to treat her. Tinslee Lewis has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center for 10 months and has been hospitalized since birth with severe lung and heart problems. Tinslee has been in…MORE