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Update, 5:06 p.m. Thursday: Schools are starting to announce they will be open Friday. Fort Worth ISD says it will be open tomorrow.

Many strange, alien creatures are popping up across North Texas today -- snowmen. Mix three inches of fluffy snow with a day off from school or work and add some sunshine and you've got a recipe for a beautiful day to make snowmen. 

Top stories this morning for the KERA Newsroom: Jerome Weeks looks at what new-work festivals in North Texas do - and can't do - for the playwrights. And Austin’s Master Pancake comedy troupe aims at an easy target: Fifty Shades Of Grey. 

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: North Texas prepares for another bout of winter weather. Also, high school seniors at Bryan Adams High School in Dallas navigate the confusion world of college financial aid. Finally, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price delivers her annual State of the City address.

A tea party-backed Texas state lawmaker has filed a bill to fully legalize marijuana, seeking to strike any prohibition of it from state statute.

After a bone marrow biopsy left her with back pain a few years ago, Naveen Khan was given a set of physical therapy exercises to follow. And like many patients, she forgot how to do most of them by the time she got home.

Top stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Nancy Nichols stepped down unexpectedly from her post as D Magazine's dining critic last week. The reason? She developed an intolerance to gluten. And Lauren Silverman explores one way of a homegrown mobile app manages physical recovery away from the doctor’s office.

Nancy Nichols surprised the North Texas restaurant world last week by stepping down as dining critic at D Magazine. The pasta, the pancakes, the artisan bread she loved for 18 years in the job were conspiring to kill her. She recently sat down for lunch to talk about the decision:

Five stories that have North Texas talking: another winter blast is approaching; Dallas chefs remember Tom Spicer, the produce expert; 1,000 cattle are on the loose; and more.

Tom Spicer sold produce to some of Dallas’ best restaurants. He created gardens for luminaries. And for decades, he’s influenced some of the top chefs in North Texas.