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From The Newsroom: Remembering A 'Brother'; Rick Perry's Legacy

Courtesy of the Duncan family
Thomas Eric Duncan as a young man in Liberia. Today would have been his 43rd birthday.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: The wife of the man responsible for three Kaufman County murders last year is sentenced to 40 years in prison. Also, Doualy Xaykaothao sits down with Thomas Eric Duncan's nephew, Josephus Weeks. Today would have been Duncan's 43rd birthday. Finally, we'll take a look back at Rick Perry's legacy as Texas' longest-running governor. 

You can listen to the segment weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on 90.1 FM.

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.