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
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
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF)- Denton County is seeing a downward trend in Covid-19 hospitalization rates. Denton County Public Health Director Dr. Matt Richardson said they are at 21.5% compared to their highest at almost 27% during the holidays. Richardson said though the rates are trending down it’s still a major concern with 1 in 5 people in…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lloyd J. Austin, the West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, has won Senate confirmation to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense. The vote gives President Joe Biden his second Cabinet member; Avril Haines was confirmed on Wednesday…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday. That move would kick start the trial soon after. The House impeached Trump a second time on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” stemming from…… MORE