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Dallas Police Are Searching for Two Missing Children Last Seen in a City Park

Dallas Police Are Searching for Two Missing Children Last Seen in a City Park

The Dallas Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two children: 9-year-old Jamaree Wilson and 11-year-old Jermaine Wilson.  Jamaree is a 4’10” black female with brown eyes and black hair. She weighs 100 pounds and was last seen wearing a teal shirt and teal shorts. 11-year old Jermaine is a 5’00” black male with…MORE

Texas House Lawmakers Limit Gubernatorial and Local Powers in a Pandemic

Texas House Lawmakers Limit Gubernatorial and Local Powers in a Pandemic

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A top priority of Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan won preliminary approval Monday.  House Bill 3 limes the governor and local governments in pandemic. By a vote of 92-45 the GOP-led chamber voted to curtail the governor’s power during a pandemic, and also puts limits on state and local governments’ power to…MORE

Man Arrested After Tiger Spotted In A Yard of His Houston Home

Man Arrested After Tiger Spotted In A Yard of His Houston Home

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man free on bond from a murder charge was returned to custody Monday after neighbors found a pet tiger wandering around a Houston neighborhood. Houston police tweeted Monday night that Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was back in custody charged with felony evading arrest. Police had said they believed the tiger…MORE

Man Who Briefed Press After JKF Assassination Has Died

Man Who Briefed Press After JKF Assassination Has Died

DALLAS (AP) – Julian Read, whose long career in public relations included briefing the press after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, has died in Texas. He was 93. Read died Saturday at a senior living community in Austin, his daughter, Courtney Hoffman, said on Monday. Read, working for Texas…MORE

Restaurants, Fast Food Chains Struggling to Find Workers Post Pandemic Shutdowns

Restaurants, Fast Food Chains Struggling to Find Workers Post Pandemic Shutdowns

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Restaurants and fast food chains are struggling to recover because of a worker shortage. According to a recent survey by the National Restaurant Association, 91% of operators say they currently have job openings that are difficult to fill, and most do not expect labor challenges to ease after the pandemic is over. The study…MORE