DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With just over 100 days until the State Fair of Texas opens, Big Tex is looking to hire thousands of seasonal workers. Seasonal job applications are now available online for a variety of departments. The Fair provides more than 7,000 seasonal job opportunities every year, with approximately 2,200 people employed directly by the State Fair of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Regional Chamber launched the “Take Care of Business” multimedia vaccine public awareness campaign on Wednesday with a goal to get more North Texans vaccinated. The chamber hopes to increase the percentage of North Texans ages 16 and older receiving at least one vaccination shot from the current 60% to 70%…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF) – JBSA Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio was on lock-down for several hours on Wednesday following reports of an active shooter. According to officials at the base, two gunshots were heard outside of one of the entrance gates. 📢#ActiveShooter update: ➡There are no suspected injuries at this time. ➡The shooting…… MORE
HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – There’s more tragic news in the death of a Houston boy whose body was found in a storage unit at the Best Western Inn in Jasper, about 135 miles northeast of Houston, last week. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ruled that 5-year-old Samuel Olson died of homicidal violence with…… MORE
Tarrant County (WBAP/KLIF) – MedStar and the Sansom Park Fire Department are holding a community vaccine clinic from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the fire station at 5500 Buchanan St. in Sansom Park. Up to 250 first and second doses will be available to anyone 12 years and older. Preregistration is recommended but not required. Enter your…… MORE
Corpus Christi, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An Amber Alert and Clear Alert have been for a Corpus Christi woman and her 1-year old daughter reportedly kidnapped Tuesday afternoon by the woman’s ex-boyfriend. Police say 18-year old Jezabel Zamora and daughter Kaylee were forced to leave their home against their will with 24-year old Kristian Garcia after…… MORE
Plano, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Plano Police are investigating a fatal stabbing in the parking lot of the Plano Bazaar last evening. Officers arrived at the indoor soccer facility located at 1409 Jupiter Street around 6pm to find the victim with multiple stab wounds. The unidentified man died a short time later at a hospital. Officers…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Despite experts who say Texas’ power grid remains vulnerable, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared Tuesday that new reforms “fix all of the flaws” that caused February’s deadly winter blackout that left more than 4 million people without power in subfreezing weather. He was joined by Republicans who defended it as a…… MORE
Washington, DC (WBAP/KLIF) – The Biden administration says it has identified more than 3,900 children who were separated from their parents at the U.S.- Mexico border under former President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal crossings. The Family Reunification Task Force says it is still reviewing cases, so the final count may be higher. The task…… MORE
El Paso (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas woman who was arrested for posing as her daughter at a middle school in El Paso says she did it to push for better security on the school’s grounds. Despite the fact that Casey Garcia is 30 years old she managed to go to to seven out of her…… MORE
