The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News:
Most Corpus Christi residents still can’t use tap water. City leaders say a chemical from an industrial plant may have leaked into a pipeline that carries water. Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports, the past few days have been difficult for residents.
Other stories this afternoon:
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas says the Texas economy is likely to improve next year. Dallas Federal Reserve senior economist Keith Phillips says job growth picked up near the end of the year, which will give the state economy a head start in 2017.
'Gloria,' the new dark comedy at the Dallas Theater Center, is about the near-collapse of print journalism and publishing the past decade. Art & Seek's Jerome Weeks sat down with director Christie Vela to talk about how playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has people struggling over who owns their own story.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
