DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Dallas Sanitation Services is looking for truck drivers. It’s hosting a hiring event next Wednesday, Jan. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 9811 Harry Hines Blvd. Interviews will be conducted on site with the potential for qualified candidates to be hired on the spot. Applicants must…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Stewart Rhodes of Granbury, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department announced the charges against Rhodes on Thursday. He is the highest-ranking member of an extremist group to…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The highest court in the land delivers a split decision for President Biden. Many business owners in the Metroplex breathed a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court struck down the President’s vaccine mandate, Thursday. Constitutional lawyer David Coale spells out the basic principle of what federal agencies are allowed to do. The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced on Thursday that he plans to resign later this year. Hinojosa addressed speculation that he could run for political office. “I was a government teacher for eight years and I’ve been testifying at the Capitol my whole career,” Hinojosa said. I enjoy that stuff but I…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth ISD (FWISD) Superintendent Dr. Kent P. Scribner has formally notified the FWISD Board of Education of his plan to retire. He intends to continue serving in his position until a new superintendent is selected. In a Dec. 16 letter to the Board of Education, Scribner says announcing his retirement now…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The American Red Cross is in dire need of blood donations as it experiences its worst nationwide blood shortage in a decade. The non-profit organization is calling the situation a “national blood crisis” while trying to keep up with the 40% of blood it supplies to health care centers across the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two North Texas men accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl off the streets of southwest Dallas have been charged with producing sexually explicit images of the teen. Police arrested 43-year-old Lukumond Olatunji and 41-year-old Vincent Thompson on Wednesday. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas, Olatunji and Thompson…… MORE
Wise County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Rural Texas healthcare workers, like those across the nation are feeling the strain of surging COVID omicron variant. Leanne Jenning, Chief Nursing Officer at Wise Health System, the county’s only hospital said that the hospital’s surge surge capacity was at 100%. With 32 COVID patients in the small rural system,…… MORE
Kyle Shanahan and Dan Quinn will always share the painful memory of coaching in the Super Bowl together with Atlanta five years ago when the Falcons couldn’t hold a 25-point lead in the second half of a loss to New England. At least now the San Francisco coach and the Dallas defensive coordinator will be…… MORE
