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Top Stories: Bringing Back Cigar Box Guitars; Latest On Dallas Police And Fire Pension Fund

Hady Mawajdeh / KERA News

The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News:

The cigar box guitar was an invention of poor musicians during the mid-1800s, but recently there’s been a renaissance. Art&Seek’s Hady Mawajdeh talks with historians, musicians and makers of cigar box guitars to learn about the instrument.

Other stories this afternoon:

  • On Friday, a state district judge ruled that members of the troubled Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund can vote on proposed benefit cuts. Some firefighters and police officers had filed a lawsuit in part to block members from voting on the cuts. The pension fund has been struggling – and some worry it could ultimately bankrupt the city. Tristan Hallman is a reporter with the Dallas Morning News and he joined KERA’s Justin Martin to make sense of it.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.