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Mi Cocina and Klyde Warren Park Team to Help a Good Cause

Mi Cocina and Klyde Warren Park Team to Help a Good Cause

Dallas (WBAP / KLIF) Mi Cocina, the successful Tex-Mex restaurant chain, will open a ‘Mi Cocina in the Park’ location and part of its proceeds will help an array of good causes. The location will be in Klyde Warren Park and it will open in September. The park is built over the Woodall Rogers Freeway…MORE

Impeachment Trial Date is Set

Impeachment Trial Date is Set

Washington (AP) – Opening arguments in the senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection will begin the week of February 8. That’s according to senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who announced the schedule Friday evening. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against Trump to the…MORE

Arkansas Man Arrested in Connection with the Capitol Riot

Arkansas Man Arrested in Connection with the Capitol Riot

Washington (AP) – A federal judge has ordered an Arkansas man accused of beating a police officer with a flagpole during the riot at the U.S. Capitol to remain in jail as he awaits trial. U.S. Magistrate J. Thomas Ray on Friday ordered the detention of Peter Stager, who was arrested last week in Arkansas…MORE

UNT Becomes Second in State to Launch 4 year College Program for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

UNT Becomes Second in State to Launch 4 year College Program for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Beginning with the fall 2021 semester, the University of North Texas will launch a four-year inclusive postsecondary education program for those ages 18-28 with Intellectual Disabilities, thanks to a $2 million grant from the Department of Education. Called UNT ELEVAR, this program will be only the second of its kind in Texas and the…MORE

City of Dallas to Receive Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Open Drive-Thru Site

City of Dallas to Receive Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Open Drive-Thru Site

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas plans to open a COVID-19 vaccination site next week. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Friday announced that the State of Texas will directly provide the City of Dallas with 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week for public distribution. The City has previously only received doses to…MORE