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From The Newsroom: Toyota Parties In Plano, Secrets Of Neiman’s Christmas Book

Bill Zeeble
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KERA News
Pictured at the Toyota block party are Jim Lentz, Toyota CEO, Plano Olympian Nastia Liuken, Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere and Governor Rick Perry

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:

Toyota gave Plano schools $1 million Monday and threw a block party for the public as it officially said hello to the city where it’s moving its North American headquarters. And Dallas-based Neiman Marcus has spent nearly a century selling some of the most extravagant holiday gifts on the planet. We peek into the history of the Christmas Book.

You can listen to the top local news stories weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.